On the night of 25 March 1971, the Pakistani military launched a coordinated and brutal crackdown in what was then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The operation, codenamed Operation Searchlight, marked the beginning of one of the darkest chapters in South Asian history.
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Tensions had been...
On 25 March 1971, an ordinary spring night turned within hours into one of the most brutal episodes in modern history. Under an operation known as Operation Searchlight, the then Pakistani military junta launched a massive assault on unarmed, sleeping Bengali civilians. The attacks,...
The imprisonment of 84 lawyers in Bangladesh exposes the growing suppression of dissent under Dr Yunus’s unelected regime. Human rights groups warn of escalating political repression and judicial abuse. Demand accountability for this latest human rights violation in Bangladesh.
Since February 8, nearly 12,000 people—mostly affiliated with the former ruling Awami League—have been arrested under Operation Devil Hunt, a sweeping joint crackdown launched by the interim government following a violent incident in Gazipur. According to the Manobadhikar Sangskriti Foundation (MSF), an additional 20,000+ individuals were detained during the same period.
