On 12 February, the nation witnessed a pre-planned election of deception and farce - one that will be recorded as a disgraceful chapter in Bangladesh’s democratic history. This was not an election of public will; it was an industrial-scale administrative exercise in manipulating numbers. The total number of registered voters in this elect...
In his public appearance at a discussion on a book that brought to light the ongoing minority persecution and unprecedented rise of Islamists, Sajeeb Wazed appeals to international community to raise voice against the upcoming “sham” polls that has been rigged to install a weak government that would remain loyal to foreign masters US...
More than a year and a half after firearms and ammunition were looted from police during the July mass uprising in Bangladesh, law enforcement agencies have failed to fully recover them. Over one thousand firearms and more than two hundred thousand rounds of ammunition remain unaccounted for. Security analysts warn that if these weapons are not...
For the first time since the political upheaval, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has addressed the public. She delivered her speech via an audio message at an event titled “Save Democracy in Bangladesh”, organized at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) in New Delhi, India. Sheikh Hasina accused the Chief A...
An informative event hosted in the UK Parliament by Bob Blackman MP, the Bangladesh Unity Forum, and Doughty Street Chambers barristers shed an important light on the alarming rise of political and religious violence and the threats to democracy in Bangladesh. Ahead of the February elections, parliamentarians, lawyers, and activists discussed t...