Within the first three weeks of the mass protests against a quota system in government jobs that swept Bangladesh in July 2024, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s violent crackdown had claimed the lives of over 300 protesters. As anger against the government bubbled over, Nahid Islam, a key leader of theContinue Reading
Each month, ACLED’s Asia Pacific Team collects information on the dates, actors, locations, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events in the region. Details below on significant developments in February 2025 in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand. Bangladesh: Hasina’s speech prompts demolitions ofContinue Reading
A recent fact-finding report by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on human rights violations in Bangladesh during the July-August student-led uprising laid bare former leader Sheikh Hasina’s direct and commanding role in serious human rights violations. The OHCHR report explicitly attributes responsibility forContinue Reading
