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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Dhaka, June 25 (IANS) Amid mounting concerns over custodial deaths of Awami League members in Bangladesh, a leader of the party’s youth wing, Jubo League, died in Chattogram Central Jail, local media reported.According to the jail authorities, the deceased, Nurul Alam, fell ill at Chattogram Central Jail on Wednesday. He was subsequently taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.Nurul was arrested on June 23 in connection with a case registered under the Exp…
Dhaka, June 18 (IANS) Political violence continues to mount across Bangladesh with the Awami League on Thursday expressing grave concern over an alleged brutal attack on a family member of a party activist in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district. According to the Awami League, the younger brother of SM Rafiq — Senior Vice President of the party’s youth wing Jubo League in Kumarkhali Upazila — was assaulted while visiting the municipal office to obtain a civic certificate. He was later rush…
Dhaka, June 12 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League strongly condemned the killing of a party activist in Jashore district, warning that the incident underscored persistent concerns over political violence, impunity, and the protection of fundamental human rights in the country.According to local media reports, a 40-year-old local Jubo League leader—the youth wing of the Awami League—Jewel Ahmed Rana died after being severely injured during an attack in Chaugachha upazila in Jashore on Thursday …
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…