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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

UN says Sheikh Hasina’s crackdown on protesters may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’

Sheikh Hasina’s crackdown on protests that brought down her government in Bangladesh last year was marked by systematic attacks and deadly violence and potentially constituted “crimes against humanity”, the UN said.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a new report the brutal response to the protests was a “calculated and well-coordinated strategy” by the Hasina government to cling on to power.

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