The ousted government started mobilising militarised forces even before the July-August 2024 protests turned violent, said the UN rights office (OHCHR) in its fact finding report on right violation and abuses last year in Bangladesh.
“Well before the protests generalized and related violent unrest erupted, government had already been deploying heavily armed paramilitary forces from RAB, BGB, and Ansar/VDP Battalions, with an apparent intention of militarising its response and using ever more lethal force,” it read.
The report said serious rights violations and abuses committed by security forces and armed Awami League supporters from July 15 to August 5 “stemmed from a calculated effort to retain power at all costs, by employing unlawful means to repress the protests”.
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released on February 12 the report titled “Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh”.বিস্তারিত