RRAG Director Suhas Chakma said that they would approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the targeted murder under the Bangladesh caretaker government led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.
Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser, Bangladesh Interim Govt (File Image)
New Delhi-based rights group Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) on Friday claimed that at least 123 Awami League members were victims of targeted murder under Muhammad Yunus’ regime, including 41 being hacked to death in Taliban-style attacks. RRAG Director Suhas Chakma said that they would approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the targeted murder under the Bangladesh caretaker government led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.
The rights group in a report, ‘Bangladesh: Organised murder for membership to the Awami League and its affiliate organisations’, released on Friday stated that at least 123 members of the Awami League and its affiliate organisations such as Swechasebak League, Chhatra League, Juba League, Matsojibi League, Krishak League were victims of targeted murder under the regime of Muhammad Yunus from August 5, 2024, to April 30, 2025.
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The RRAG report said that the victims include at least 41 Awami League members who were hacked to death, sometimes by slitting of throats, in a La Taliban style, while 21 others were killed in the custody of the Interim government. “These murders of the Awami League members are just the tip of the iceberg, as not all the murders of the Awami League members were reported in the local media, and further, the RRAG was not able to monitor the local media. It is, however, clear that even children, women, the mentally unstable, and maimed were not spared,†said PRAG Director Chakma in a statement.
Citing specific cases, the RRAG stated, that on December 17, 2024, the alleged supporters of Mohammed Yunus murdered Mohammed Masud Rana and 12-year-old Mohd Rian, a class five student at Nachol, Chapaiganj, for merely writing ‘Joy Bangla slogan in their Facebook page five months before the students’ movement. The statement said that on December 5, 2024, Arina Begum was hacked to death while offering Namaaz just because her son was the President of the Chhatra League of Kajldighi Kaliaganj Union and had been living in hiding. On September 19, 2024, Tofazzal, Kathaltoli Union Chhatra League in Patharghata Upazila, a mentally unstable man, was brutally killed in the Dhaka University compound by a student mob despite being mentally sick.
On September 8, 2024, former Rajshahi University Chhatra League leader Abdullah Al Masud whose veins in one of their legs and hands had been severed in a brutal attack in 2014 and had been walking with a plastic leg was beaten to death when he went to purchase medicine despite no longer being associated with the Chhatra League. On August 13, 2024, Awami League worker Babar Ali was murdered by slitting his throat after being picked up from in front of his house in Bogura district, the PRAG statement said.
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Chakma said that the shrill political
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