Human Rights Watch (@hrw) on the practice of using legal and judicial tools for persecuting political opponents from @albd1971 in “new” #Bangladesh of Dr. Md. #Yunus:

“…police have returned to the abusive practices that characterized the previous govt, this time targeting supporters—or perceived supporters—of the #AwamiLeague Govt. For instance, in the first two months since the interim govt took office, over 1,000 police cases were filed against tens of thousands of people, mainly Awami League members, accusing them of murder, corruption, or other crimes. Over 400 Awami League ministers and leaders are facing investigations. In some of these cases, complainants were not even aware of who was being named as accused. For example, two plaintiffs told HRW that local political leaders opposed to the Awami League asked them to sign the police reports, though they were not sure against whom they were filing the cases. Both police and politicians told them that if they wanted the state to recognize their relative’s murder and for them to be honored as martyrs of the uprising, including financial compensation and other reparations, then they needed to sign.”

See full report here:…….

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