Bangladesh: Academics Allegedly Targeted for Supporting Hasina

Click to expand Image The University of Dhaka in Bangladesh, July 1, 2021. © 2021 Sony Ramany/NurPhoto via AP Photo (London) – Scores of academics and students at public universities in Bangladesh have been arbitrarily punished because of their alleged affiliation with former ruler Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League party, Human Rights Watch said today. Any action to punish persons for their peaceful beliefs or without ensuring due process would violate the rights to freedom of expression and as