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.
Bangladeshi-Americans rallied in New York against Dr. Muhammad Yunus’s interim regime, accusing it of minority persecution and demanding the return of Sheikh Hasina’s democratic rule.