Bangladesh elections: My husband died in jail weeks before vote

family, lady, and lady. She requested that we refrain from using her brand.

She wants to share a tale, but she’s hesitant to do so in front of others. We travel along railroad tracks in search of a peaceful area where we can have private conversations.

We head to an abandoned creating after leaving a crammed market. We are positioned on a program three planes above the city. In the distance, there is a call to prayer. She describes her father to me.

He was a well-known employee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP ), the nation’s primary political opposition. He was a big-hearted man who gladly indulged his wife and children. He loved to sing, especially romantic songs. He was at a local drink shop when authorities detained him late last month. Only 26 weeks afterwards, his boy received a call. His parents had passed away in custody.

My brother had just seen his father three days prior, and he was in good health, she said. When my son inquired about his death, they replied,” We do n’t know.” Simply taking him to the graveyard.

The woman claimed that her father had marks all over his brain, hands, and mouth when she first saw him. She was informed by officials that he passed away naturally. She thinks he was tortured, though.

My daughter ca n’t hear her father’s voice, and my son can no longer call his father. The like a father does provide cannot be replaced by me. Who will appreciate the father? I then want my father to receive justice.

According to human rights organizations, under the leadership of Prime Minister Hasina Sheikh, there has been an increase in politically motivated prosecutions, extrajudicial murders of people, and other violations of their rights.

The “violent autocratic crackdown” by Bangladeshi authorities, according to a recent report by Human Rights Watch ( HRW), was unmistakably an effort to crush the opposition before the elections. According to Meenakshi Ganguly, Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch, Asia Division,” This all seems like there is no room for opposition or criticism that is so essential to a functioning democracy.”

The BNP declared it would abstain from voting on Sunday in light of the assault on opposition. Prime Minister Hasina Sheikh and her Awami League group are almost certain to win a fifth straight term in office because there is no genuine opposition running against her.

The government asserts that it is committed to holding completely, fair, and interactive elections on Sunday and refutes claims that critics have been silenced. Ainsul Haq, the Minister for Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, said,” Let me make one thing clear: we are not gagging anyone.” ” Everyone has the right to speak up, and we would be happy to have anyone do so.”

BNP protesters find it difficult to buy. More than 10,000 of their backers and group officials are incarcerated, according to HRW.

Nasrul Islam, a mature BNP head, said,” Yes, you may speak freely, but no one will be held accountable for the results.” He claimed that those who spoke openly were detained, subjected to beatings and torture, and some of them even died in prison. Yet he takes precautions, refraining from spending the night in his home because” that’s when officials come and arrest people.”

The married lady claims that she is concerned for the safety of her family and herself due to her late husband’s political activities.

There are many Awami League followers in the area, so we are afraid. My brother and I will be harassed, she said.

She also thinks her father did the right thing for his land despite her fear. She claims there is an excessive use of force and does not believe in the legality of these primaries.

” He passed away and left us. For this reason, I wo n’t cast a ballot.

Andrew Clarance provided further reporting