Iran Press/Asia: The protests last month, initially led by students against public sector job quotas, evolved into the most severe violence witnessed in the country since its independence in 1971.
The unrest left more than 1,000 people dead and prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India on Aug. 5. Violence continued for some days after she fled.
An interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus replaced Hasina's administration, helping quell the violence as security forces also cracked down on protests.
Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, approved Bangladesh's recent ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and commended the formation of a national commission dedicated to probing instances of enforced disappearances, a persistent concern in Bangladesh.
