41 former police officers arrested in Bangladesh for committing atrocities during student-led protests last year
Monday, 17 February 2025 Bangladeshi police have arrested 41 former officers among 1,059 accused of atrocities during the 2024 student-led movement that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The protests, triggered by opposition to the quota system, led to Hasina’s resignation and escape to India. The UN has condemned security forces for widespread extrajudicial killings. An interim government under Muhammad Yunus is now investigating the violence, with several senior officers still at large.
Iranian students continue protests for a second day over the Murder of 19-year-old Amir Mohammad Khaleghi, a Tehran University student, who was killed in a robbery near a campus dormitory. Demonstrators blame university officials for failing to ensure safety and clashed with police near the crime...
Bangladesh's former government was behind methodical attacks and killings of protesters as it tried to hold onto power last year, according to the UN's Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Turk...
The Metropolitan Police cannot dismiss officers by removing their vetting clearance, the High Court has ruled.
The decision comes after Sergeant Lino Di Maria successfully mounted a legal challenge,..
Monday, 17 February 2025
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