Bangladesh's interim government 'undermining' freedoms: rights group

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters gather near the chief adviser’s residence in Dhaka on May 21, 2025, demanding BNP’s Ishraque Hossain as the capital’s mayor. - Photo: AFP

DHAKA: Human Rights Watch strongly criticised Bangladesh's interim government on Thursday (May 22), warning that it risked "undermining fundamental freedoms" through measures including its ban on the former ruling party.

The South Asian nation of around 170 million people has been in political turmoil since the student-led revolt that ousted then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, with parties protesting on the streets over a string of demands.