Asia's newest drug war leaves more than 90 people dead in less than two weeks

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Asia's newest drug war leaves more than 90 people dead in less than two weeks
Shashank Bengali

A sweeping crackdown on alleged drug dealers has left at least 91 people dead in less than two weeks in Bangladesh, sparking fears of a Philippines-style "drug war" marked by extrajudicial killings.

Most of the deaths have occurred in what the Bangladeshi news media have referred to as shootouts or gunfights, although the families of several people killed have said they were arrested by police and died while in custody.

Since the operation began May 15, the death toll has ticked higher every day, the names and whereabouts of those killed filling newspaper columns but with few details of the evidence against them. Odhikar, a human rights advocacy group, said Sunday that it had counted 91 people killed in 13 days.

Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-bangladesh-drug-war-20180527-story.html

[mirraflake]

Good news. We need that over here.

[Fishrrman]

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