Dhaka, June 29 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League has strongly condemned the killing of its Chhatra League and Jubo League leaders and activists, alleging that their bodies were dumped into the Turag River in Dhaka. The latest incident comes amid escalating attacks on Awami League members that began during the 18-month tenure of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government and have continued under the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) administration.In a statement shared on its social media p…
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Paris, June 24 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the alleged torture and custodial death of an activist of Awami League’s student wing, Chhatra League, while in the custody of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Bangladesh Police in Madhukhali Upazila of Faridpur district. The remarks came after the deceased, identified as 28-year-old Mirza Ishtiaq Ahmed Pranto, reportedly died on June 21 while undergoing treatment at Faridpur Medical College Hospital.The J…
Dhaka, June 22 (IANS) As custodial deaths of Awami League members continue to rise in Bangladesh, a local activist of the party’s student wing, Chhatra League, died in police custody in the Faridpur district, local media reported. The deceased, identified as 28-year-old Mirza Ishtiaq Ahmed Pranto, was detained by the police Detective Branch (DB) in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur on June 20. He died on Sunday while undergoing treatment at Faridpur Medical College Hospital.His family has accused p…
Paris, June 10 (IANS) Several prominent international human rights organisations have filed an urgent action petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), raising concerns over the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of 49 Awami League activists, including 17 children, following a peaceful political rally in Bangladesh’s Noakhali district.The International League Against Arbitrary Detention (ILAAD), alongside Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), made the…
Paris, June 8 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the “arbitrary arrest” of 49 activists of the Chhatra League and Jubo League– the student and youth wings of the Awami League–including 17 children, in the Noakhali district of Bangladesh, solely for participating in a peaceful rally.Expressing grave concern, Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) said that this was not an isolated incident but reflected a broader pattern of repression against individ…
Dhaka, March 3 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League on Tuesday expressed grave concern over what it described as ongoing mass arrests and custodial killings of political leaders and activists across the country, saying the actions violate fundamental rights and undermine justice and the rule of law.The party alleged that the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government has followed the path of the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government by using state machinery to carry out “repression,…
Dhaka, Feb 1 (IANS) Two separate incidents involving the death of Awami League-linked leaders in Chittagong and Narsingdi have triggered fresh allegations of political repression and targeted violence under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, according to party sources and family members.In Chittagong, Abdur Rahman Mia, a 70-year-old Awami League leader and vice-president of Ward 24 (North Agrabad) of the Chittagong City Awami League, died in prison custody after being detained for nea…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (IANS) Bangladesh police said the killing of Islamist student leader Sharif Osman Hadi was a “politically motivated murder”, with investigators claiming that the conspiracy behind the attack was planned in Singapore.The Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) Detective Branch has filed a chargesheet against 17 individuals in connection with the case before a metropolitan court in Dhaka.According to police, the murder was carried out on the instructions of former Mirpur councillor Taizul…
Dhaka: As Bangladesh gears up for its 13th national election slated in February 2026, Dhaka’s political climate is marred with challenges the country has never faced before. Since August 2024, communal violence, mobocracy, ethnic attacks, the rise of Islamist extremism, systemic target of dissident voices and aggressive attempts at historical revisionism have become akin to ‘new’ Bangladesh. The Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, however, promised this election to be Bangladesh’s first ‘free and fair…