UN human rights investigators accuse the deposed government of Sheikh Hasina of a brutal response that they warn could amount to "crimes against humanity". They found "an official policy to attack and violently repress anti-government protesters and sympathisers",

Bangladesh’s new government is struggling to deal with a host of issues, including a stumbling economy and human rights violations, left behind by the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina six months ago.

The extradition of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a bilateral issue, a senior UN official said on Wednesday.The United Nations Human Rights Office in Geneva today launched the "OHCHR Fact-Finding Report: Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh".

The UN has accused Bangladesh's former administration of committing crimes against humanity during last year's protests, citing hundreds of extrajudicial killings and systematic attacks. The report documents widespread violence and repression orchestrated by the government,

Bangladesh's interim government is completing six months into power this month after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in August last year in a student-led mass uprising.

Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh's founding leader as his daughter, ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, called on her supporters to stand against the interim government.

Sheikh Hasina’s family home razed by protesters in Bangladesh - Protesters went on a rampage in Dhaka and ripped apart the historical residence of Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

GENEVA: Bangladesh’s former government was behind systematic attacks and killings of protesters as it tried to hold onto power last year, the UN said Wednesday, warning the abuses could amount to “crimes against humanity”.