DHAKA: Bangladesh-based human rights organisation Odhikar has documented that at the least eight individuals have been victims of extrajudicial killings between August 9 and September 30 following the idea of energy in Dhaka by the interim authorities led by Muhammad Yunus on August 8. The three-month human rights report for July-September was ready by Odhikar based mostly on reviews despatched by human rights activists affiliated with it and information printed by information retailers.
Of those eight victims, one died allegedly because of police torture, one other from torture allegedly by the hands of the division of narcotics management, and three have been tortured to demise, allegedly by joint forces. Moreover, three individuals have been shot useless by joint forces.
From August 9 to September 30 at the least 52 individuals have been killed and 1,308 individuals injured in political violence, the report says.
A complete of 67 individuals have been lynched between July and September. Of them, 36 have been lynched from July 1 to August 5, and 31 from August 9 to September 30. From August 9 to September 30, nonetheless, no instances of alleged enforced disappearances have been reported.
In keeping with statistics collected by Odhikar, between August 9 and September 30 4 journalists have been injured, two have been assaulted, three threatened; instances have been filed in opposition to three whereas they have been finishing up their skilled duties.
The report says 1,581 individuals, together with kids, have been killed and over 18,000 injured throughout the student-led mass rebellion from July 1 to August 5, citing statistics from the College students Motion In opposition to Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee.
