Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her minions in government, security services and her Awami League party systematically engaged in serious human-rights violations during last year's student-led protests, according to UN findings.

A 105-page report prepared by the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), unveiled Wednesday in Geneva, presents a string of such crimes surrounding the July-August uprising that toppled the past government and recommends dos and don'ts for now.

"Based on deaths reported by various credible sources, the report estimates that as many as 1,400 people may have been killed between 1 July and 15 August, and thousands w...