The TIB, local chapter of Berlin-based Transparency International — a global anti-corruption organisation, called the attacks as “organised” and “unprecedented”. After the news of Hadi’s death while undergoing treatment in Singapore spread, groups of people took to the streets in protest. “Free media, dissent, and freedom of speech have become direct victims of this,” the statement said. “…rather, they are glaring examples of the deliberate suppression of freedom of thought, dissent, and freedom of speech. In a Bangladesh that aspires to be an independent democracy, such destructive attacks are not only unacceptable but also stand as evidence of the state’s embarrassing failure to fulfill its fundamental responsibilities,” the TIB statement said.

Source: bd News24 December 20, 2025 13:04 UTC