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Up to 1,400 may have been killed during last year's Bangladesh uprising, UN says
People carry an injured protester in a cycle rickshaw to a hospital after he was shot by the police during a protest against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 5, 2024
THE United Nations human rights office said yesterday that the death toll from last summer’s crackdown on student-led protests in Bangladesh against the now-ousted prime minister may stand at 1,400 people.
Citing “various credible sources,” the Geneva-based office said the vast majority of dead protesters were shot by security forces, with thousands more injured, during the violent outbreak between July 1 and August 15 last year.
Security and intelligence services systematically engaged in rights violations that could amount to crimes against humanity and require further investigation, the office said.
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