With the Awami League sidelined, Bangladesh’s election risks becoming political theater, as curbs on rights and rising violence erode legitimacy and rule of law.

Nijhum Mojumdar claims foreign powers and Islamist groups are steering Bangladesh toward chaos, warning that the interim regime’s silence fuels extremism and regional instability.

Sheikh Hasina’s declaration that “millions cannot be disenfranchised” has become a rallying cry against Bangladesh’s unelected regime, which continues to silence the majority’s voice.

Jurists and rights defenders urge the Yunus-led interim government to reopen investigations into 1,199 extrajudicial killings under Khaleda Zia and 333 deaths during the 2007–08 caretaker regime. Selective prosecutions risk turning Bangladesh’s new justice drive into a political purge while past custodial killings remain untried.

A Canadian institute says the UN’s Bangladesh protest report overstated abuses under Hasina while overlooking opposition-led violence and aiding Yunus’s interim rule.