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Bangladesh’s interim government has officially banned the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party, declaring it a "terrorist organisation".
This move comes in response to escalating demands from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, which outlined five key demands, including the abolishment of the current constitution, the removal of President Mohammed Shahabuddin and the dissolution of the BCL.
The Ministry of Home Affairs cited the BCL’s history of serious misconduct over the past 15 years, including violence, harassment and exploitation of public resources. The ban under the Anti-Terrorism Act takes effect immediately, it said in a gazette notification issued late on Wednesday.
The country has seen rising tensions and protests in recent months, after violent protests forced Hasina to flee to India on August 5 and an interim government led by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge.
The protests, which began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas in July, escalated into some of the deadliest unrest since the country’s independence in 1971, resulting in over 700 deaths and numerous injuries.
During the unrest, BCL leaders and activists attacked protesting students and the general public with arms, killing hundreds of innocent people and endangering the lives of many more people, the statement added.
There was no comments from the party while many senior Awami League leaders have either been arrested on accusations of having roles in the unrest or have gone into hiding.
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