Roughly half a million men, women, and children are killed by armed violence each year -- that's one person every minute. This tragedy is fueled by a massive black market trade in small arms worth billions a year, and growing world military spending of more than $1 trillion per year -- half of which comes from the United States.
Under the ongoing 20-month-long state of emergency, Bangladeshis have endured widespread arbitrary arrest and detention, torture, extrajudicial killings, and other human rights abuses, says an Asian human rights group.