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Advocate Shahanur Islam October 21, 2025October 21, 2025 abuse of power, Advocate Shahanur Islam, arbitrary detention, Awami League lawyers, Bangladesh interim government, Bangladeshi judiciary, civil liberties Bangladesh, fabricated charges, freedom of expression Bangladesh, High Court bail abuse, human rights in Bangladesh, human rights violations, ICCPR violations, international human rights advocacy, JMBF, judicial independence, justice system Bangladesh, JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France, lawyer arrests Bangladesh, legal community under threat, legal persecution, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel laureate controversy, persecution of lawyers, political imprisonment, political repression, rule of law Bangladesh, state repression, suppression of dissent, UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, weaponizing imprisonment

OPINION: Bangladesh’s War on Lawyers Under the Yunus Regime

The interim government’s influence extends deep into the judiciary. Judges are pressured; prosecutors are politicized. Instead of being released on

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Dr. Anjuman A. Islam October 20, 2025 abuse of power, authoritarianism, civil rights, democracy erosion, extrajudicial violence, governance crisis, government accountability, human rights abuses, human rights violations, interim regime, justice system, law and order breakdown, military regime, political analysis, political instability, political repression, regime brutality, rule of law, state violence, state-sponsored violence

OPINION: Mohammad Yunus turns Bangladesh into a Stage of Horror

Co-Author SM Faiyaz Hossain Under the current interim regime, extrajudicial violence has not merely been tolerated; it has been routinized.

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OPINION: How the Yunus Interim Government Weaponized Justice in Bangladesh

Statistics cannot capture the sound of a cell door closing on a lawyer who once argued for others’ freedom. It

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S M Faiyaz Hossain July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 authoritarianism, bangladesh, Bangladesh protests, Charlotte Jacquemart, democracy crisis, Farzana Rupa, female journalists, funeral parole, human rights, injustice in Bangladesh, international accountability, journalist arrest, Nobel Laureate Yunus, political repression, press freedom, Shakil Ahmed, sheikh hasina, South Asia, state violence, Swiss Journalist, UN failure

OPINION: Bangladesh’s Shame—How Journo Rupa Was Denied Her Mother’s Last Breath

If the international community allows these narratives to disappear in silence, it becomes complicit in its own oppression, it claims

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OPINION: Banned, Not Gone—Can Bangladesh’s Awami League Spark Peaceful Change?

Ultimately, it raises questions of profound importance: Is it possible to transform a nation without resorting to bloodshed? The movement

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OPINION: Yunus Defies UN, Bans Bangladesh’s Awami League Without Referendum

Bangladeshi democracy has always been a bit of a balancing act—it’s fragile, often disputed, and shaped by deep mistrust among

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OPINION: Why Is the Yunus Government Brutally Targeting Lawyers in Bangladesh?

By Advocate Shahanur Islam Perhaps the most dangerous tactic employed by the Yunus government is the use of fabricated charges