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Geneva: A UN inquiry has revealed that the former government of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh orchestrated systematic attacks and killings of protesters in an attempt to retain power, with the report suggesting that these actions may constitute \u201ccrimes against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, before Sheikh Hasina was toppled in a student-led popular uprising last August, her government cracked down on protesters and others, including by \u201chundreds of extrajudicial killings\u201d, the UN rights office (OHCHR) said.<\/p>\n
The OHCHR said it had \u201creasonable grounds to believe that the crimes against humanity of murder, torture, imprisonment and infliction of other inhumane acts have taken place\u201d. These alleged crimes committed by the government, along with violent elements of Hasina\u2019s Awami League party and the Bangladeshi security and intelligence services, were part of \u201ca widespread and systematic attack against protesters and other civilians\u201d, OHCHR\u2019s report into the violence said.<\/p>\n
Hasina, who fled into exile in neighbouring India, has already defied an arrest warrant to face trial in Bangladesh for crimes against humanity. Asked about Hasina\u2019s personal culpability, UN rights chief Volker Turk told reporters that his office \u201cfound reasonable grounds to believe that indeed the top echelons of the previous government were aware, and in fact were involved in\u2026 very serious violations\u201d.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh\u2019s interim leader Mohammed Yunus, who had asked the UN rights office to launch its fact-finding mission, welcomed the report, insisting that he wanted to transform Bangladesh into a country in which all its people can live in security and dignity.<\/p>\n
The UN investigation examined events in Bangladesh between July 1 and August 15 last year, relying on hundreds of interviews with victims, witnesses and others, and on photos, videos and other documents. The team determined that Bangladeshi armed forces had supported Hasina\u2019s government throughout the uprising.<\/p>\n
OHCHR estimated that \u201cas many as 1,400 people may have been killed\u201d over the 45-day period, the vast majority of them \u201cshot by Bangladesh\u2019s security forces\u201d. Children made up 12 to 13 percent of those killed, it said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe brutal response was a calculated and well-coordinated strategy by the former government to hold onto power in the face of mass opposition,\u201d Turk said.<\/p>\n
He pointed to findings of \u201chundreds of extrajudicial killings, extensive arbitrary arrest and detention and torture and ill treatment\u201d, decrying \u201ca disturbing picture of rampant state violence and targeted killings\u201d.<\/p>\n
As the UN inquiry has uncovered that Sheikh Hasina orchestrated a ruthless crackdown on protesters, resulting in widespread violence, critics highlight India\u2019s open and unabashed support for Hasina\u2019s oppressive regime, which has enabled these atrocities to persist, making India complicit in the bloodshed. They argue that the collusion between Hasina\u2019s government and its foreign backers not only constitutes a national disgrace for Bangladesh but also represents a betrayal of human rights and justice on the global stage. Observers call on the international community to urgently demand accountability, holding both Hasina\u2019s regime and its Indian supporters responsible for these horrific acts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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