United Nations to send mission to Bangladesh to probe human rights violations


The anti-government protests in July began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas. - Photo: Reuters

DHAKA: (Reuters) The United Nations Human Rights Office on Friday (Aug 30) said it will dispatch a fact-finding mission to Bangladesh, as requested by the interim government, to investigate alleged human rights violations during recent deadly violence in the country.

Last month's anti-government protests, which began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas, escalated into the deadliest violence since the country's independence in 1971.

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