BANGLADESH ALERT: Vice-Chancellor of RMU Forced to Resign and DU Professor Zeenat Huda Temporarily Suspended

JMBF Condemns Political Retaliation Against University Teachers and Calls for Accountability, Due Process, and Protection of Academic Freedom in Bangladesh

Paris, France | 6 October 2026: France-based international human rights organisation JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses its profound concern, outrage, and strong condemnation over the physical assault and forced resignation of Professor Dr. Md. Jawadul Haque, Vice-Chancellor of Rajshahi Medical University (RMU), after he was branded an “Awami League collaborator,” as well as the decision to temporarily suspend Professor Zeenat Huda, General Secretary of the Dhaka University Teachers’ Association and Professor in the Department of Sociology, over allegations of taking a “position against the July uprising.”