The UN Fact Finding report does not even state “more than 1400”. It stated that “that as many as” 1,400 people could have been killed during the protests”. Moreover, this 1400 includes 52 law enforcement officers as well as over 100 alleged (unconfirmed) killings due to recriminatory violence against Awami League activists etc.
One of the positive things about the recent July Declaration was that it did not exaggerate the numbers of those who died, saying that “nearly one thousand” were killed.
The Charter should be amended so that in relation to the number of killings in July/August, it is consistent with the wording in the Declaration.
As to whether “more than twenty thousand people were injured” as the Charter says, I cannot say. But the Charter should only use figures for the injured that are consistent with the official DGHS figures.
Secondly, in the Background section, in referring to the Awami League period, 2009-2024, the Charter states this:
“They usurped the democratic and human rights of political opponents and critics, and through state-sponsored disappearances, killings, oppression-torture, lawsuits, and attacks, they established a reign of anarchy, terror, and fear. The BDR massacre at Pilkhana in 2009 and the killings at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel in 2013 are among the prime examples.”