Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- The extradition of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a bilateral issue, a senior UN official said on Wednesday.

The United Nations Human Rights Office in Geneva today launched the "OHCHR Fact-Finding Report: Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh".

"Based on reported deaths compiled by governmental and non-governmental sources, in combination with other available evidence, OHCHR assesses that as many as 1,400 people could have been killed during the protests", the report said.

In August last year, a student-led movement ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after weeks of protest and violence. Hasina, 76, fled to India, and an interim government...