Bangladesh's main opposition party will boycott the next general election if Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina does not make way for a neutral government to conduct the poll, a spokesperson said, amid a crackdown on opposition politicians and deadly protests.
A public bus burns after it was set on fire by unidentified people during a countrywide blockade called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in protest against police action at their Saturday rally, where police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as clashes erupted, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammad...
The United States, the top buyer of Bangladeshi garments, said in May it was implementing a policy allowing for the"The precondition of the whole discussion is that she has to resign first," said BNP spokesperson Zahir Uddin Swapon, a former lawmaker, referring to the prime minister. Hasina, seeking her fourth straight five-year term in office, has repeatedly ruled out handing power to a caretaker government.
"The intensified crackdown on opposition party leaders and protesters over the weekend signals an attempt at a complete clampdown on dissent," said Yasasmin Kaviratne, Amnesty's regional campaigner for South Asia.
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