
Bangladesh outlaws student wing of ousted premier's party
The Peninsula
Dhaka: Bangladesh banned the student wing of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina s party on Thursday, citing its involvement in violent attacks on demonstrat...
Dhaka: Bangladesh banned the student wing of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina's party on Thursday, citing its involvement in violent attacks on demonstrations that toppled the autocratic leader.
Hasina fled the country in August as thousands marched on her official residence, ending a 15-year tenure that saw widespread human rights abuses.
The student wing of her Awami League party was accused of propping up her iron-fisted rule, which saw the mass detention and extrajudicial killings of her political opponents.
A government notice accused the party's youth wing, known as the Chhatra League, of involvement in "murders, persecution, torture... and many other activities that threaten public security".
The statement added that the student group had been outlawed under anti-terrorism laws.













