UN says Sheikh Hasina's repression may be a crime against humanity

Up to 1400 people were killed in last year's anti -government protests in Bangladesh, most of them from the security forces, the United Nations estimates.

UN Human Right Investigators blame the Downloaded Government of Sheikh Hasina A brutal response they warn can be “crimes against humanity.”

They have found an “official policy of attacking and forcible suppression of anti -government protesters and sympathizers”, calculated to move to power to the mass opposition.

Sheikh Hasina, who has been in service for 15 years, fled a helicopter in India shortly before the crowds stormed her residence.

Thousands were injured in the worst violence that Bangladesh watched after his war of independence in 1971.

Protests led by students against civil service quotas are escalated throughout the country to overthrow Mrs. Hasina and her Awami League party after a brutal police repression.

UN investigators have documented the shooting at Point Blank Range by some protesters, deliberate mutilation of other, arbitrary arrests and torture.

The children were also directed – the report estimates up to 13% of the 1,400 people killed are children.

The report was requested by Bangladesh viewer leader, Mohammed Yunus.

Although attributing the greater part of the violence of government security forces, it also raises concerns about attacks against those who are perceived as supporters of the former government and against some religious and ethnic groups.

They also need to be investigated, UN says.