UN says that the repression of Sheikh Hasina can be the crime against humanity

Up to 1,400 people were killed in last year’s anti -government protests in Bangladesh, most of them by security forces, estimates the United Nations.

UN human rights researchers accuse the deposed government of Sheikh Hasina of a brutal response they warn could equal “crimes against humanity.”

They found “an official policy to attack and violently suppress anti -government protesters and supporters,” calculated to hold on to power against the massive opposition.

Sheikh Hasina, who had been in office for 15 years, fled by helicopter to India shortly before the crowd assaulted her residence.

Thousands more were injured in the worst violence that Bangladesh has seen since his war of independence in 1971.

Protests led by students against fees in civil service work became a movement throughout the country to expel Mrs. Hasina and her Awami League party after a brutal police repression.

The UN researchers documented the shooting in the range of some blank protesters, the deliberate mutilation of others, arbitrary arrests and torture.

The children were also attacked: the report estimates that up to 13% of the 1,400 murdered people were children.

The report was requested by Bangladesh caregiver, Muhammad Yunus.

Although he attributes most of the violence to the government security forces, he also raises concerns about attacks on those received as supporters of the old government and against some religious and ethnic groups.

These must also be investigated, the UN says.