Bangladeshi Police Round Up Opposition Supporters

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Click to expand Image Police officers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 9, 2024.  © 2024 Sipa via AP Images The mass arrest of attendees at a small left-wing party’s meeting in Dhaka on September 26 is the latest incident in the Bangladesh authorities’ ongoing assault on civil and political rights.Police took around 290 supporters of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal into custody after members of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s youth wing – the Jubo Dal – claimed the gathering was a “secret” meeting of…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · October 5, 2026

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