Bangladesh

The Port Protection Council held a torchlit march and blockade in Chattogram, protesting alleged plans to hand port operations to foreign companies and warning of tougher actions ahead.

The arrest of Dr. Tito from BSMMU without a filed case has triggered outrage among doctors, who say Bangladesh faces a growing climate of fear, political vendetta, and bypassing of legal procedure.

DB officers picked up journalist Mizanur Rahman Sohel from his Dhaka home at midnight, raising fresh concerns over press freedom under the Yunus-led interim government.

Three police officers were withdrawn in Munshiganj for failing to act during a peaceful Jubo League rally protesting Sheikh Hasina’s death sentence; three participants were arrested.

Bangladesh’s Catholic Church denounces the death sentence against Sheikh Hasina as one-sided and political, raising moral questions about the interim government’s legitimacy.