Dozen died in Bangladesh detention after revolution: rights group

At least a dozen people died in detention in Bangladesh since last year’s revolution, including by torture and gunshot wounds, a rights group said Wednesday. Odhikar, one of the South Asian nation’s largest human rights organisations, demanded justice from the interim government that took over after the student-led revolution that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. “The interim government should not let these crimes go unpunished,” Odhikar director ASM Nasiruddin Elan told AFP. “Those involved in extrajudicial killings must be brought to justice.” Odhikar detailed in a report how security forces during Hasina’s 15-year-long autocratic rule engaged in widespread killings to bolster her power — and accused the same agencies of continuing to commit human rights violations since she fled.