Bangladesh Prepping for ‘Unfair’ Election, Say Analysts, Opposition
Voice of America
Leaders and supporters of the opposition Bangladesh National Party and its allies assemble in Dhaka, July 12, 2023, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and installation of a neutral caretaker government. (K.M. Nazmul Haque/VOA) FILE - Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the EU Global Gateway Forum 2023, in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 25, 2023. A police officer fires at opposition BNP activists and supporters in Dhaka, Dec 7, 2022. The police in Bangladesh have been accused of using disproportionately high aggression against the opposition rallyists over the past year. (K.M. Nazmul Haque/VOA)
Although the national poll body of Bangladesh has announced parliamentary elections will be held on January 7, opposition parties, rights activists and political analysts are saying that the situation in the country is not suitable for elections at all.
Polling officials check and seal an electronic voting machine before they allow voters to cast their votes at a polling station during the last round of a six-week-long national election near Dharamshala, India, June 1, 2024. Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, stand in queue to cast their votes during the last round of a six-week-long national election, in Kolkata, India, June 1, 2024.
A North Korean military guard post, top, and South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, May 31, 2024. A TV screen shows a report of North Korea's multiple rocket launchers during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, May 31, 2024.