UN calls for thorough investigation into all killings during Bangladesh unrest

A apical United Nations quality authorities charismatic has called for a thorough investigation of each killings and different authorities violations during nan convulsive unrest starring up to and aft nan autumn of Bangladesh’s erstwhile Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A apical United Nations quality authorities charismatic called Wednesday for a thorough investigation of each killings and different authorities violations during nan convulsive unrest starring up to and aft nan autumn of Bangladesh’s erstwhile Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The U.N.’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concluded a two-day sojourn to Bangladesh connected Wednesday, arsenic an interim authorities headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is navigating done challenges to found bid successful nan country.

Hasina ended her 15-year norm erstwhile she fled nan state to India connected Aug. 5 aft a student-led objection shape-shifted into an anti-government protestation activity successful July. Hundreds of students, information officials and others were killed during nan protests, and aft Hasina’s autumn hundreds more, including Hasina’s supporters, were killed successful revenge attacks aliases successful mob unit crossed nan South Asian nation.

Türk has already sent a fact-finding mission to look into nan killings aft nan Yunus-led authorities formally requested an investigation by nan U.N. Hasina had besides sought an investigation into nan killings.

Türk highlighted nan request to thoroughly analyse nan allegations of attacks connected nan country’s number groups including its Hindu belief minority, which has been protesting connected streets demanding information and different rights.

“The pursuit of justness for nan sadistic unit against protestors and different group -– including children –- killed and earnestly wounded successful July and August is simply a priority,” he told a property convention successful Dhaka, nan nation’s capital.

During his sojourn to Bangladesh, Türk met pinch Yunus, different officials successful nan government, student leaders, civilian nine members arsenic good arsenic injured protesters who were still being treated successful hospitals.

Türk praised nan Yunus-led authorities for its desire to prosecute important reforms successful nan country.

“There are existent opportunities, and surely precocious expectations, for basal alteration for nan amended -- for a caller attack to governance, improvement and economical policies grounded successful quality rights, drafting connected nan achievements of nan caller movement,” he said.

“This time, location must beryllium justice. This time, reforms must beryllium sustainable and durable, truthful that nan abusive practices of nan past decades are not repeated,” he added.

Journalists’ groups successful nan state said galore pro-Hasina journalists were facing fictious charges of murder and different crimes, and demanded nan merchandise of journalists who had been detained and sent to jailhouse successful caller months connected those charges.

Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders, aliases RSF, successful August called for nan detained journalists’ contiguous merchandise and for unfounded charges to beryllium dropped.

Türk said location should beryllium transparency and accountability successful nan process of filing charges.