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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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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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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