The United Nations has reported nearly 650 people died since July 15 when the student protests turned violent, and the figures also covered the deaths of many in new violence after Hasina left the country on Aug. 5.
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The UN Human Rights Office will send a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to probe alleged human rights abuses and excessive force used by security forces during student-led protests against the former government this year.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk announced that he had received an invitation from Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, to send the team. The visit is scheduled to occur in the coming weeks.
Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, took over this month as head of the government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country to India amid a mass uprising.
A U.N. advance team visited Bangladesh over the last week and met with student leaders of the protests, including some who had been detained, as well as interim government and police officials, journalists, rights defenders and others.
The team received commitments from authorities and security for their “full cooperation” with the team’s work, the rights office said.
“The U.N. human rights office looks forward to supporting the interim government and people of Bangladesh at this pivotal moment to revitalize democracy, seek accountability and reconciliation, and advance human rights for all the people in Bangladesh,” the rights office said in a statement.
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