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Bangladesh violence: UN rights chief calls for end to revenge attacks in Bangladesh

December 19, 2025 admin

Supporters block the Shahbagh Square as they protest, demanding justice for the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a student leader who had been undergoing treatment in Singapore after being shot in the head, in Dhaka, Bangladesh December 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Soon after the return of the mortal remains of Sharif Osman Hadi,…

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Mob justice replaces extrajudicial killings in Yunus-led interim govt in Bangladesh, stability hangs in balance

December 24, 2024 admin

Abdul Hai Kanu, a 78-year-old veteran freedom fighter from Bangladesh’s Comilla district, could never have imagined that December — a month synonymous with liberation and pride — would become a chapter of horror in his life. On the afternoon of December 22, in his hometown in Chauddagram under Comilla, Abdul Hai Kanu was on his way…

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Unprecedented level of ‘mob justice’ can turn Bangladesh into a failed state, says criminologist

September 20, 2024 admin

People walk past vandalised shops following a clash between a tribal group and settlers in Rangamati, in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts on September 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP In the backdrop of the sudden eruption of inter-ethnic violence between the indigenous population of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and the people from the plains,…

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