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Bangladesh convicts scores more opposition activists
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Friday, 24 November 2023
Bangladeshi courts have convicted at least 98 officials and activists of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, mostly in absentia, lawyers said Thursday, taking the number sentenced since last month to over 400. The BNP said the cases were politically motivated, aimed at crushing the only opposition party that can offer a realistic challenge to PM Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule in the general elections on January 7. Monir uz Zaman, a prosecutor, said 75 BNP activists were sentenced in a Dhaka court during political turmoil in 2013.
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Friday, 24 November 2023
