United Nations High Commissioner Human Rights Volcker Turk said on Wednesday that former Bangladesh government systematic officials violated serious human rights as they tried to suppress the protests, which eventually associated with Sheikh Hasina’s government last year.
From a fact-khoj mission, Turk So told reporters in Geneva that crimes against humanity could be excluded.
The report included a testimony to senior Bangladesh officials and other evidences, showing an official policy to attack and violently attack anti -government protesters and sympathetic.
What did the UNS Volcker Turk say?
When asked for some of the worst examples of the report, Turks said, “It has been a very cruel read; 78% of the more than 1,000 people killed – 78% firing – military rifle, guns with pellets,” when some of the report When asked for bad examples, the Reuters told the news agency. Others faced “frightening,” life -changing injuries, he said.
He said, “The top thoughts of the previous government were aware and were involved in the commission of very serious violations, including the disappearance of the applicable, arbitrary details and protests.” He asked reporters in Switzerland.
Citing “various reliable sources”, the report estimates that 1.400 people may be killed in the crack.
Sheikh Hasina, when did you make a government matter?
Hasina was in power from 1996 to 2001 and 2009 to August 5, 2024. His father, the country’s founder President, after independence from Pakistan, was murdered in 1975.
The protests began as a student -led movement against the public sector job quota, but quickly turned into a broad, nationwide rebellion that forced him to resign and escape in India as the beginning of August There was unrest in it.
Under the leadership of Muhammad Yunus, the new government in Dhaka has asked to extradite Delhi. The leg is investigated on suspicion of humanity, massacre, murder, corruption and crime for money.
Hasina and her Awami League party denies any wrongdoing. New Delhi, Bangladesh’s minority Hindu population -friendly Hasina family with close and prolonged relationship, is not a response to extradition request. Hasina has indicated repentance and little intention to take the back seat in exile.
The new government of Bangladesh has recently been struggling to protest by Hasina supporters, which led to many arrests.
Yunus’ Aurm Government’s objective ‘to prosecute all criminals’
In Dhaka, the Interim government on Wednesday expressed “deep regret” in the United Nations report, and said that it planned “to prosecute all the criminals of violence.”
“I call every time justice, law, and the people of Bangladesh to work with the people of Bangladesh to keep their own colleagues and others in mind, who have broken the law and the human beings of their fellow citizens And violated civil rights, “Nobel Larate Younus said in a statement released after the release of the report.
The United Nations Fact-Khoj Mission visited Bangladesh in the beast of the administration of Yumns.
The report stated that more than 11,700 people were detained during the crack.
It was estimated that 12–13% of the killed were minors among people.
In some cases, “Security forces are engaged in summary execution by shooting irregular protesters in the point blank range,” said this.
Edited by: Wesley Dakri