RELATED PERSON
Linked for national political leadership and electoral-competition context; this is not a finding of personal responsibility for reported violence or irregularities.
ELECTION INCIDENT
December 2018 pre-election violence and irregularity allegations
An election incident record concerning reported opposition pressure, intimidation, voter suppression, and vote-rigging allegations around the 2018 national election.
What happened
Reporting around the 2018 election described pressure, violence, and arrests affecting the opposition, alongside election-day voter-suppression and vote-rigging allegations. This record preserves those allegations and field reports rather than presenting them as a final electoral finding.
People involved and exact roles
RELATED PERSON
Linked for BNP leadership, former premiership, and opposition-politics context; this is not a finding of personal responsibility for reported events.
OFFICIAL
Linked as home minister through public comments about pre-election violence in 2018; this is not a finding of personal responsibility for reported events.
Sources
Bangladesh election marred by voter suppression
ReviewedTIME · 31 Dec 2018
TIME reported pre-election violence, opposition pressure, and allegations of voter suppression and vote rigging surrounding the December 2018 parliamentary election.
View sourcePolls violence intensity higher this time: Home minister
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 22 Dec 2018
The Daily Star reported Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan's comments about election violence and threats involving election officials before the December 2018 poll.
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