Thematic collection
A source-backed dossier on election boycotts, post-election attacks, caretaker-government crisis, the anti-Ershad movement, and the Laldighi massacre.
Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh · Bangladesh · 1981-present
A central figure in discussions of state power, elections, human-rights records, and post-2024 accountability as a long-serving prime minister and Awami League president.
Bangladesh Awami League
Last verified: 7 Aug 2026
Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh · Bangladesh · 1981-2025
A major post-1980 political figure associated with Bangladesh's 1990 democratic transition, 1996 and 2001 elections, and later election crises.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Last verified: 7 Aug 2026
Former Chief of Army Staff · Bangladesh · 1978-2019
A central military and political figure in Bangladesh from the late 1970s through 2019, documented as the leader of the 1982 takeover, president during 1983-1990, and founder of Jatiya Party.
Bangladesh Army
Last verified: 7 Aug 2026
Reported
Human Rights Watch · 1 Jun 1996
Human Rights Watch documented political violence, intimidation, and human-rights abuses around the February 1996 election and the opposition boycott.
Amnesty International · 1 Oct 2001
Amnesty International documented attacks and discrimination against Hindu minorities after the October 2001 general election, including reported killings and property attacks.
European Parliament · 6 Sep 2007
The European Parliament recorded poll-related violence, postponement of the scheduled January 2007 election, emergency rule, and restrictions under the caretaker government.
Human Rights Watch · 29 Apr 2014
Human Rights Watch documented opposition violence, government abuses, killings, and attacks around the January 5, 2014 election and its boycott.
TIME · 31 Dec 2018
TIME reported pre-election violence, opposition pressure, and allegations of voter suppression and vote rigging surrounding the December 2018 parliamentary election.
Council of the European Union · 9 Jan 2024
The European Union called for investigation of reported election irregularities after the January 2024 parliamentary election and noted concerns about participation and violence.
The Daily Star · 6 Dec 2024
The Daily Star described the nationwide movement against Hussain Muhammad Ershad, the three-alliance democratic campaign, and his transfer of power on December 6, 1990.
The Daily Star · 21 Jan 2020
The Daily Star reported that a Chattogram court sentenced five former police officers to death over police firing that killed 24 people near Laldighi Maidan in 1988, and named the convicted officers.