Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The fact-finding report by the Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has revealed how the former Awami League government deployed both police forces and party cadres to suppress students and civilians during the July uprising.
According to the report, Awami League supporters and law enforcement carried out coordinated attacks on protesters.
Released in Geneva last Wednesday, the OHCHR report details how, as demonstrations continued, state security forces increasingly integrated armed Awami League supporters into their operations to quell the protests.
This included members of the Awami Jubo League, an organization officially recognized as the youth wing of the Awami League but comp...