Amid Bangladesh's upcoming elections, BNP leader Abdul Moyeen Khan avoided arrest by seeking refuge. The BNP opted out of the vote due to concerns over fairness. They claim widespread arrests, fearing police pursuit. The crackdown coincides with opposition leadership disarray. The US condemned the violence, questioning election fairness amidst economic challenges.
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00:00 Ahmed Bangladesh's impeding elections Abdul Moin Khan, an opposition leader, has evaded
00:08 his arrest by taking refuge in his different homes across Bangladesh.
00:12 The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, also known as the BNP, has decided not to contest the
00:17 January 7 vote, believing the conditions are unconductive for a fair election.
00:22 Moin Khan and his party boycotted the election after the incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh
00:26 Hasina has declined to establish an interim government to just oversee the polls.
00:32 The BNP claims that around 10 million party members are on the run after nearly 25,000
00:37 individuals were arrested following the violent anti-government protests on October 28.
00:42 They report that the police and government agents were hunting down their leaders, instilling
00:46 fear in their community.
00:48 According to Moin Khan, the situation is worse than what was during the 2018 election, preventing
00:53 the party from organising rallies due to attacks on its members.
00:58 While the BNP has denounced the government's actions, Hasina and her Awami-linked party
01:02 have labelled the BNP as a troublemaker seeking to disrupt the elections.
01:07 International human rights groups have also warned that the crackdown will suppress the
01:10 opposition.
01:11 Some human rights watch have also reported more than 10,000 arrests of BNP activists,
01:15 with at least 16 dead and 5,500 injured in the clashes.
01:19 Moin Khan highlighted the overcrowding in jails, with inmates doubling in capacity.
01:24 He too faced heightened risks of arrests necessitating his disguise to conceal his identity.
01:29 Surprisingly, this crackdown coincides with the leadership disarray within the party.
01:33 Khaleda Zia, the ailing BNP president and Hasina's long-standing rival, refrains from
01:38 active politics.
01:39 Her son, temporarily leading the party, is also in exile.
01:42 Mirza Fakhr-ul-Islam Alamgir, the next senior leader, has been detained since October 29.
01:47 Additionally, some 100 female BNP workers and some known leaders have been under arrest
01:52 in the past month and a half, adding to the trauma of separation from their families.
01:57 A series of attacks against opposition members, including a crude bomb attack on residences,
02:01 has added fuel to the tensions, though police actions in response to these attacks have
02:06 been questioned too.
02:07 The United States is also condemning the violence and has taken measures against individuals
02:11 believed to undermine the elections, affirming support for a free and fair election conducted
02:16 peacefully.
02:17 However, the Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes that the BNP is working
02:21 under the influence of foreign players or, more importantly, under the Western influence.
02:26 Despite Hasina's achievement in sheltering Rohingya refugees and stabilising the economy
02:30 in previous years, recent economic challenges have emerged, prompting an IMF bailout due
02:34 to the country's slow economy following global geopolitical events.
02:39 This current crackdown has led observers to question the fairness and transparency of
02:43 the upcoming elections too.
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