Bangladesh: Awami League denounces assaults on media outlets and highlights crises

Bangladesh: The Awami League party in Bangladesh denounced as a “planned terrorist attack” a string of strikes that targeted media outlets, cultural establishments, and diplomatic posts around the country.

According to the party, these instances demonstrate that the nation no longer has the essential elements of a contemporary, civilized state.

The offices of the nation’s top newspapers, Prothom Alo and The Daily Star; the national cultural institution Chhayanaut; the offices of the Indian Assistant High Commission in Chattogram and Khulna; the Indian Cultural Center; the remnants of the Bangabandhu memorial museum, a significant historical landmark; and numerous other media offices, cultural institutions, and diplomatic establishments throughout the nation were all targeted in these attacks.

In a further “act of communal hatred,” a Hindu youngster in the nation was brutally assaulted and burnt to death.

After the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, the spokesman for the extreme organization Inqilab Mancha, there was a nationwide uproar.

“Bangladesh’s secular ethos, the principles of the Liberation War, pluralism, cultural legacy, and media freedom are all directly and severely attacked by these savage assaults and executions. Bangladesh, a sovereign, autonomous, and diverse nation, has become a terrorist refuge. “It is a flagrant violation of diplomatic norms and international law, as well as a gross violation of decency and state security, to target the diplomatic missions and cultural institutions of another country,” the Awami League said in a statement.

“The entire state machinery has sunk into the filth of extremist communal frenzy, with the committee calling itself a government acting as an active patron,” the party declared, criticizing the Muhammad Yunus-led interim administration.

The Awami League claims that these “hostile forces, extremist communal and militant groups” are involved in a well thought-out plot to undermine peaceful coexistence, sow religious differences, and bring Bangladesh into disrepute abroad.

The party said, “The killing of a minority Hindu youth by beating and burning proves that these forces are enemies of humanity, religious values, and the rule of law.”

The Awami League denounced the recurring assaults and damage at the ancient Dhanmondi 32, a location dedicated to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as the “ultimate expression of the arrogance of anti–Liberation War and anti-people forces.”

The Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at 32 was destroyed by bulldozers after it was set on fire, and assaults have continued on the remnants. It is the killer-fascist Yunus and his violent followers that have such a perverted mindset. We condemn this hostile attitude. Such careless actions by the uninformed will never be accepted in the future,” the party said.

Assuring exemplary punishment and prosecuting all terrorists, instigators, and backers engaged in these assaults and deaths are vital priorities, the Awami League said.

The present occupying government’s disregard and apathy toward these people, however, are glaringly obvious. Consequently, it emphasized the need to raise public awareness against these militant terrorists and extreme communal movements at all societal levels.