Bangladesh
Writ seeks ban on Awami League
File photo of the High Court division building of the Supreme Court in Dhaka. Photo: Collected
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File photo of the High Court division building of the Supreme Court in Dhaka. Photo: Collected
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court today (19 August), seeking the cancellation of the Bangladesh Awami League’s registration as a political party and a ban on it by executive order.
On behalf of human rights organisation SARDA Society, its executive director Arifur Rahman Murad Bhuiyan filed the writ, citing the indiscriminate killing of students during the quota reform movement.
The writ also sought the High Court’s directive to rename institutions bearing Sheikh Hasina’s name.
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