Dhaka, March 5 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, is set to present a highly anticipated fact-finding report on the human rights violations and abuses related to the protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh.
The report, compiled by an independent UN team, is expected to shed light on state-led suppression, protester detentions, and alleged retaliatory violence under the previous administration of Sheikh Hasina.
Turk will deliver the report during a live event from Geneva on Wednesday, March 5, at 6 p.m. Bangladesh time.
The session, streamed on YouTube, will bring together UN member states, civil society representatives, and Bangladesh's interim government to discuss the report's findings and rec...