Dhaka, July 30 -- Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul has accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government of committing atrocities during last year's July uprising that, in his words, surpassed even the brutalities carried out by the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971.

Speaking at a discussion titled "July Mass Killing Trial: Discussion and Documentary Screening" at the Judicial Training Institute in Dhaka on Tuesday, Nazrul alleged that the Awami League government acted like a fascist regime by indiscriminately opening fire on unarmed protesters. "Even striking an unarmed or wounded person on a battlefield is a war crime. But the fascist Awami League government did far worse by killing innocent people during t...