EMBARGOED 21 September 2023 GMT 00:00 Bangladesh added to human rights watchlist as crackdown escalates ahead of January elections The CIVICUS Monitor has added Bangladesh to its Watchlist of countries experiencing rapid declines in civic freedoms following the imprisonment and targeting of government critics. With elections scheduled for January, the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appears willing to do whatever it takes to crush dissent, including targeting supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and attempting to silence activists and journalists through legal and other means. “Bangladesh is…
