Rights body exposes systemic repression of lawyers in Bangladesh under Yunus regime

Dhaka, Oct 31 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation highlighted alarming patterns of violence, intimidation, and systemic repression against lawyers in Bangladesh under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government.

In its report titled, “Crackdown Against Independence of Lawyers in Bangladesh under the Interim Government”, Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) documented one of the most comprehensive records of state-sponsored persecution of the legal profession in Bangladesh’s history following the fall of the Awami League government led by Sheikh Hasina.