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News Topical, Digital Desk : The Awami League government led by Sheikh Hasina was ousted on this day last year i.e. on August 5, 2024 due to the violent student movement in Bangladesh. Hasina has been in India since then. Even a year after this incident, Bangladesh is far from political stability.
The cycle of violence has not stopped. The situation is getting worse. After the fall of Hasina government, the interim government formed under the leadership of Mohammad Yunus is not only targeting political opponents, especially Awami leaders and minority Hindus, but also encouraging fundamentalists.
Hundreds of people have lost their lives so far in the student movement and subsequent violence in July-August last year. A case has been initiated against Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity during the movement. Some experts say that despite so much bloodshed, the possibility of a Bangladesh where there is liberal democracy, political tolerance and religious harmony remains a big challenge.
Meena Kashyap, Asia deputy chief of New York-based human rights group Human Rights Watch, said, "A year ago, thousands of people faced violence against the Hasina government with the hope that a democracy would be established where rights would be respected. The dream of such a democracy remains unfulfilled." However, the interim government rejects these allegations.
The students who were involved in the movement were also disappointed
During the student movement, furious protesters set fire to several police stations and government buildings. The Prime Minister's residence was also attacked. Along with thousands of people, a 20-year-old student named Abdul Rehman Tarif also joined the movement along with his sister Mehrunisa, hoping for a comprehensive political change in the country.
In this, his sister and a cousin were shot dead. Tarif said, 'We wanted a country where there is no discrimination and injustice. We wanted change but now I am disappointed.'
No agreement on reforms yet
The interim government formed after the fall of the Hasina government set up 11 reform commissions, including the National Consensus Commission. It is working with political parties to formulate reforms in the future government and the electoral process.
However, due to internal disputes, no consensus has been reached so far. Hasina's Awami League has been banned. The party alleges that more than two dozen of its supporters have been killed in custody in the past one year.
878 journalists were targeted, 121 people died
According to IANS, Delhi-based rights group Rights and Risk Analysis on Monday claimed that 878 journalists were targeted under Yunus' rule in Bangladesh. There has been a 230 percent increase in such cases in the last one year from August 2023 to July 2024.
While Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said in a report that after the formation of the interim government, 121 people were killed and 5189 were injured in 471 incidents of political violence in the country.
According to TIB, during the past one year, 92 percent of the incidents of political violence in the country were related to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Whereas the fundamentalist party Jamaat-e-Islami was involved in five percent incidents and the National Citizen Party, which emerged from the student movement, was involved in only one percent incidents.
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