LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Authorities in Bangladesh should investigate how security forces dealt with protesters during Tuesday's national strike, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
The organization said it was told by witnesses and local observers that more than 100 people were injured by security forces during the peaceful protests.
Reports from Dhaka and other Bangladesh cities suggest that members of the Rapid Action Battalion and other police personnel attacked demonstrators with batons in more than a dozen instances, Amnesty International said.
"The Bangladeshi government should immediately investigate these attacks by security forces on peaceful demonstrators and ensure that any people hurt receive justice an appropriate compensation," said Abbas Faiz, the organization's Bangladesh researcher.
Tuesday's national strike was organized by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party to protest what it called "misrule" by the government in evicting the party's chairperson from her home.
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