Netra News interviewed hundreds of families and examined over 2,000 reports to map the killings during Bangladesh’s 2024 crackdown. Of 750 verified deaths, at least 705 were likely caused by security forces or ruling party cadres.

Bangladesh’s religious minorities can — and do — ascend through courts, classrooms, and government offices, but the country’s armed forces remain off-limits.

2,597 killed in 13 years — data captures the staggering scale of extrajudicial executions, fatal shootings and custodial torture across Bangladesh.