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
January 2014 election boycott and pre/post-election violence
An election incident record concerning the opposition boycott, political violence, killings, and reported government and opposition abuses around the January 5, 2014 election.
What happened
Human Rights Watch documented opposition violence, government abuses, killings, and the boycott context around the 2014 election. The record should be read with government and opposition conduct separated; the report is not presented as a universal final finding against one side.
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.
Sources
Democracy in the Crossfire: Opposition Violence and Government Abuses in the 2014 Pre- and Post-Election Period in Bangladesh
ReviewedHuman 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.
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