Bangladesh: New Crackdown Under Anti-Terrorism Law

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Protesters celebrate after the interim government officially bans all activities of the Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act, pending the conclusion of the International Crimes Tribunal trials against the party and its leaders, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 10, 2025. © 2025 MD Abu Sufian Jewel/NurPhoto via Reuters (New York) –Bangladesh’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel peace laureate, is increasingly using the recently amended counterterrorism law to arrest alleged supporters of the deposed Awami League government, Human Rights Watch said…

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