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Thursday, April 24, 2025
JMBF Holds Key Meetings with Amnesty International France and ARDHIS in Paris
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Press & Public Statement: JMBF Strongly Condemns RAB’s Extrajudicial Killing of Siam Molla in Barishal
Monday, April 21, 2025
Press & Public Statement: JMBF Strongly Condemns the Detention and Humiliation of Lawyers in Comilla as a Dangerous Erosion of the Rule of Law in Bangladesh
Saturday, April 19, 2025
বাংলাদেশে আইনজীবীদের উপর ইউনুস সরকারের সুপরিকল্পিত ও নৃশংস হামলা কেন?
Friday, April 18, 2025
Why is the Yunus Government in Bangladesh Systematically and Brutally Targeting Lawyers?
Advocate Shahanur Islam
In an unprecedented and deeply alarming move, the interim government of Bangladesh, led by former Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, has launched a systemic campaign aimed directly at the country’s legal community. According to documentation from JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), since assuming power in August 2024, the Yunus administration has orchestrated an alarming series of politically motivated arrests, fabricated charges, killings, forcible possession of the Bangladesh Bar Council and other district bar associations, and physical attacks targeting lawyers.
Over 391 legal professionals are now facing false accusations such as murder and explosive explosions. More than 131 have already been arrested, some detained without charges solely for their professional activities and political beliefs, while many more have been subjected to abuse, threats, and harassment. What we are witnessing is not a series of isolated incidents, but a deliberate, orchestrated attack on the rule of law and the very independence of Bangladesh's judiciary.