Bangladesh national elections 2024: With the national election still two weeks away, many national and international observers have already termed it as a farce or “staged election”, and it is easy to see why.
Journalists, whose daily reports are the lifeblood of information flows that make dynamic economies possible, risk being silenced in an amplified government crackdown.
The world has taken notice of the country’s democratic backsliding and human rights violations, but the ruling Awami League is determined to hold on to power.
Bangladesh democracy: Bereft of the basic rights to assemble and express, let alone protest, the people of Bangladesh are currently bearing the brunt of the coercive apparatuses of the state.