Bangladesh’s former government could be guilty of crimes of humanity, after its crackdown on protests last summer left as many as 1,400 people dead, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has said. The student-led demonstrations against state corruption erupted at the start of July and continued until 15 August, when Sheikh Hasina, the country’s long-serving leader, fled to India. In a report published on Wednesday, the OHCHR said that Bangladesh’s intelligence and security services had “systematically engaged” in rights violations during the protests. Most of the 1,400 people who are thought to h…

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