Govt publishes preliminary list of martyrs killed in Jul-Aug mass uprising

The interim government on Sunday published a preliminary list of people who died during the student-led mass upsurge in July and August.

Earlier on September 24, the government published a draft list of 708 names on the website of the Health Services Division under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The draft list has further been scrutinised to publish the preliminary list released today.

The names and identities of the dead were collected from different public and private hospitals.

The list can be accessed through https://medical-info.dghs.gov.bd/

Quoting the available public reports by media and the protest movement itself, UN rights body said between 16 July and 11 August, more than 600 people were killed, according the report titled “Preliminary Analysis of Recent Protests and Unrest in Bangladesh.”

Of these, nearly 400 deaths were reported from 16 July to 4 August, while around 250 people were reportedly killed following the new wave of protests between 5 and 6 August.