U.N. reports serious rights violations in Bangladesh protest response

Fact-finding mission visited South Asian nation at invitation of interim government

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Activists in Dhaka on Aug. 13, 2024, demand capital punishment for Bangladeshi former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.  © Reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) -- Officials from Bangladesh's former government and security apparatus systematically committed serious human rights violations against protesters staging mass demonstrations last summer, the U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday.

Presenting the report of a fact-finding mission, High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk told reporters in Geneva that crimes against humanity may have been carried out amid a climate of fear and mass arrests.

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