Bangladesh’s former ruling party be like accusing the interim government of “stoking division” and trampling on “democratic norms” by banning all party activities, you know? The government, led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina got kicked out following a deadly mass uprising, was like, “Yo, Awami League party can’t be active online or anywhere else in the South Asian country under the Anti-Terrorism Act.” The law affairs adviser, Asif Nazrul, was all, “Yeah, ban until a special tribunal finishes a trial of the party and its leaders over the deaths of hundreds of students and other protesters during an anti-government uprising in July and August last year.”
The other main political party in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was not really down with the whole ban idea, you know? They were like, “Nah, not cool.” The ban is supposed to kick in on Monday. The Awami League was like, “People are not feeling safe under Yunus,” calling out the ban for “stoking division within society, strangling democratic norms, fueling ongoing pogrom against dissenters, and strangling inclusivity, all undemocratic steps under the pretext of making a trial of July-August violence and reform scheme.”
So, like, Sheikh Hasina got booted out in 2024 after a student-led protest movement against corruption, you know?
Not really sure why this matters, but it’s like, a big deal in Bangladesh, I guess. The whole banning political parties thing seems pretty intense. It’s like a drama-filled soap opera over there.
