Student movement’s call to scrap Bangladesh’s 1972 constitution met with widespread rejection
The student movement has called the 1972 constitution, drafted after the 1971 war of liberation against Pakistan, as “Mujibist” and accused that it facilitated the prolonged rule of the Awami League.
Left in Bangladesh calls for immediate elections, end to political persecution
The Workers’ Party of Bangladesh also demanded a withdrawal of false cases against left leaders including its president Rashed Khan Menon and their immediate release from prison
Bangladesh’s interim government accused of political persecution of journalists
The interim government in Bangladesh has now arrested at least five journalists and filed cases of murder and crimes against humanity against dozens of others
Workers Party of Bangladesh claims Menon’s arrest is political revenge
Rashed Khan Menon was arrested last week by the interim government in Bangladesh and accused of involvement in the death of anti-government protesters
President of the Workers’ Party of Bangladesh Rashed Khan Menon arrested
Rashed Khan Menon was arrested on Thursday in what is widely seen as part of a broader crackdown against allies of the ousted government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Retaliatory violence grips Bangladesh weeks after Hasina’s resignation
Since Hasina stepped down on August 5, there have been increasing incidents of violence against members of her party and symbols of the Liberation War.
Los enigmas de la política en Bangladesh
Vijay Prashad reflexiona sobre las últimas semanas de protestas y convulsiones en Bangladesh, que culminaron con la dimisión de la Primera Ministra Sheikh Hasina.
Muhammad Yunus takes charge of interim government in Bangladesh
The technocratic interim administration also includes leaders of the student movement which was instrumental in forcing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and leave the country on August 5.
Sheikh Hasina resigns as prime minister and leaves Bangladesh following mass protests
The protests, initially led by students demanding reforms in the quota system in government jobs, took a violent turn in the last weeks of July
Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh states that there is conspiracy to destabilize the country
Over 160 people, including students, were killed, and hundreds of others were injured in the last two weeks after student protests turned violent on July 15
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court scraps most of government job quota amidst widespread protests and violence
Over 140 people including students were killed in the days of clashes between the protesters demanding curtailment of quota in government jobs and security forces
Mohammad Yunus conviction called a “travesty of justice” in Bangladesh
The social entrepreneur Mohammad Yunus was sentenced to six months along with three of his colleagues from Grameen Telecom, attracting widespread condemnation
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