OHCHR Report

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Bangladesh

Prolonged single-party rule politicised security sector in Bangladesh: UN

The then prime minister personally signed off on any appointments to a position of deputy inspector-general or higher and Awami League loyalists were strategically placed to control important units...

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Bangladesh

UN report shows how DGFI, NSI, RAB intimidated journos to blackout brutalities

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Bangladesh

Human rights violations ongoing even during interim government's tenure: UN Report

Sheikh Hasina. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Brutal July crackdown by Hasina regime may amount to crimes against humanity: UN report

File photo of Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Obaidul Quader's call for violence should never have been made, was a mistake, former cabinet member tells UN

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Bangladesh

UN Report: Summary of main violations, selected recommendations

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Bangladesh

UN report: How Asaduzzaman used BGB as ‘strike force’, wanted more helicopters deployed

Don't nominate for UN peacekeeping any RAB, DGFI, or DB personnel until human rights screening mechanism formed: UN
Bangladesh

Don't nominate for UN peacekeeping any RAB, DGFI, or DB personnel until human rights screening mechanism formed: UN

Read the full UN report on July uprising here
Bangladesh

Read the full UN report on July uprising here

From 16 July to 5 August, law enforcement agencies and activists from the Awami League, Chhatra League, and Jubo League were responsible for the deaths of at least 750 people. Photos: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

What led up to the extrajudicial killings on 5 Aug’s ‘March to Dhaka’

Members of the Hindu community stage a demonstration in the capital’s Shahbagh area in August, demanding safety and an end to the alleged vandalism of their homes and temples. File Photo: Foisal Ahmed
Bangladesh

Attacks on Hindu, Ahmadiyya, CHT communities mostly centred political affiliation, suppression of identities: UN

Women protesters, female AL members faced heightened sexual crimes during and after protests: UN
Bangladesh

Women protesters, female AL members faced heightened sexual crimes during and after protests: UN

FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk holds a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Bangladesh

July uprising: Coordinated extrajudicial killings, torture carried out under direction of political leaders, security officers, says UN rights chief