Bangladesh: Repeated cycle of deaths, arrests and repression during protests must end

By Amnesty International

Responding to widespread arrests of opposition party members, and reports of violent clashes between protesters and police officers that left at least two dead during opposition led anti-government protests over the weekend in Dhaka in Bangladesh, Yasasmin Kaviratne, Amnesty International’s regional campaigner for South Asia, said: “The intensified crackdown on opposition party leaders and protesters […] The post Bangladesh: Repeated cycle of deaths, arrests and repression during protests must end appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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