Sri Lanka, Feb. 13 -- A new report by UN Human Rights found that the security and intelligence services of Bangladesh's former Government killed as many as 1,400 people - as many as 12-13 per cent of whom were children - and arbitrarily arrested or detained more than 11,700 others during student-led protests that took place between 1 July and 15 August 2024. Bangladesh Police reported that 44 of its officers were killed.

"The brutal response was a calculated and well-coordinated strategy by the former Government to hold onto power in the face of mass opposition," UN Human Rights, Chief Volker Turk, said. "There are reasonable grounds to believe hundreds of extrajudicial killings, extensive arbitrary arrests and detentions, and torture, w...