While covering the ongoing student movement at Jagannath University, two journalists—Suborna Assaif of Bangla Tribune and Mehedi Hasan of Dainik Sangbad—were brutally attacked by police. Despite clearly identifying themselves as journalists, they were subjected to baton charges, punches, and cruel mistreatment. This clearly reveals that the Yunus government is not only determined to silence student voices but is now also desperate to muzzle the media.
Obstructing news coverage and attacking journalists—this is a horrifying example of state-sponsored repression.
An attack on journalism is a direct attack on democracy itself—does the Yunus government now intend to suppress freedom of expression as well? Is this the new face of dictatorship
