2021 Bangladesh: Post-Hasina government reviews forced disappearances, torture in detention centers, invites UN probing recent protest atrocities.

Following the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2021, student leaders in Bangladesh have recounted their harrowing experiences of torture and abuse in detention centers. Human rights organizations report hundreds of enforced disappearances under Hasina's 15-year rule. The interim government, led by Nobel Laureate Mohammed Yunus, has initiated a commission to investigate these cases and invited a UN team to probe alleged atrocities during recent protests.

September 04, 2024
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