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Bangladesh Probe: Allegedly 287 Dead in 1,569 Disappearances
- On Jan 5 the government-appointed commission said it investigated 1,569 abductions during the Hasina era and at least 287 people are presumed killed.
- The commission's Jan 4 findings show security forces acted under the command of Sheikh Hasina and her top officials.
- Forensic searches uncovered unmarked graves and river dumps, with police exhuming a Dhaka mass grave containing at least eight bullet-wounded victims, Criminal Investigation Department chief Md Sibgat Ullah said.
- The commission urged seeking forensic cooperation and DNA collection to identify bodies, while families of the disappeared demanded swift trials for police officials involved.
- The commission noted that many abductees belonged to Jamaat-e-Islami or the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, while the United Nations reports that up to 1,400 people were killed in crackdowns under Hasina.
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At least 287 killed in Hasina-era abductions, bodies dumped in rivers or mass graves: Bangladesh
A government investigation found hundreds of enforced disappearances under ousted Sheikh Hasina’s rule, many targeting opposition figures, with victims believed to have been buried or dumped in waterways.
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