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Thousands demonstrate in Bangladesh to call for new elections

The opposition has been protesting around the nation, calling on PM Hasina to step down and hold elections under a caretaker administration.

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By News Desk Published December 10, 2022
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On Saturday, scores of supporters of Bangladesh’s largest opposition party came to Dhaka to oppose Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s administration and call for fresh elections.

The audience at the Golapbagh sports area, where the event was taking place, erupted into the streets, chanting, “Sheikh Hasina is a vote thief.”

After security forces invaded the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) offices on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring dozens more, tensions escalated in the capital.

An additional 2,000 activists and followers, according to the party, have been jailed since November 30 in an effort to thwart the march. Two of the party’s top leaders were imprisoned on Friday on suspicion of instigating the violence.

The political environment in Bangladesh, one of Asia’s economies with the quickest growth rates, has drawn the attention of Western nations and the United Nations.

By mid-morning on Saturday, according to a BNP spokesman, 200,000 people had registered to attend the rally. Faruq Ahmed, a spokesman for the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, refuted the assertion and stated that the location could accommodate no more than 30,000 people.

BNP spokesman Zahiruddin Swapan stated: “Our fundamental demand is Sheikh Hasina resign and parliament is dissolved. Let a neutral caretaker government step in to run a free and fair election.”

BNP representatives claimed that the government had instigated an unofficial transit strike in an effort to deter people from attending the demonstration.

Although the demonstrations have been nonviolent, SWAT troops, counterterrorism teams, and canine squads have been waiting, according to Ahmed. Additionally, police have strengthened security in the city and set up checkpoints on the main thoroughfares.

Independent observers claim that Hasina’s administration manipulated the previous two general elections, causing the BNP to lose.

In a joint statement on Tuesday, 15 Western embassies urged Bangladesh to permit free speech, peaceful assembly, and free elections. A day later, the UN issued a similar proclamation.

The violence this week, according to Yamini Mishra of Amnesty International, sent a frightening message to those who dared to exercise their human rights that doing so would result in serious repercussions.

TAGGED: Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP spokesman Zahiruddin Swapan, Protests in bangladesh, Protests in Bangladesh for new elections, Sheikh Hasina
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