The United Nations will investigate the "atrocities" that occurred during the unrest in Bangladesh.
During her 15 years in power, Hasina's government faced accusations of numerous abuses, including the mass detention and extrajudicial killing of political opponents.
Arpit Pattnaik
A United Nations team will travel to Bangladesh to investigate the "atrocities" committed during the unrest that led to the removal of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last week, as announced by the country's interim government on Thursday. The statement from the interim government mentioned that the United Nations will be sending a fact-finding team next week to probe the atrocities committed during the Student Revolution in July and earlier this month. This decision was made following a phone call between UN human rights chief Volker Turk and interim Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday. The fact-finding mission is set to investigate widespread human rights abuses, which were allegedly committed during the 15-year tenure of Hasina's government, including mass detentions and extrajudicial killings of political opponents. Following the student-led protests in Dhaka which marked the end of her rule, Hasina fled to India by helicopter, where she currently remains.
