33,000 innocent Awami League leaders and activists arrested across the country in two-and-a-half-month special drives Condemnation of International Human Rights Organizations

 An unprecedented and sensational statistic has come to light that the main opposition political party Awami League and its associate organizations have crippled the grassroots and middle-level leaders and activists in a combing operation under the guise of controlling law and order across the country. A total of 32,908 people have been arrested in the two-and-a-half-month special operation conducted from May 1 to July 12 this year. In addition, another 83,817 people have been sent to Srighar for warrants in various old cases. Although the police administration claims that the mega operation is a regular legal process, the political realities on the ground and reliable sources have confirmed that the vast majority of those arrested are thousands of activists of the Awami League, Chhatra League, Jubo League and Swechchhasebak League. After the recent political change in the country, especially after the mega comeback and homecoming announcement of party president Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in December, the TMC workers have been energized by the way they have been energized and the wholesale repression and mass arrests are being carried out to suppress and corner them politically. In the name of legal process, this disgraceful move to selectively pick up Awami League leaders and activists from the streets and homes and get involved in one new case after another from the jail gate has caused a huge shock in the international arena. The world's leading international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have expressed deep concern and strong condemnation of the current political repression and wholesale imprisonment of opposition leaders and activists in Bangladesh. Human rights groups have made it clear that the denial of basic civil rights to thousands of activists without any specific and impartial investigation is a clear violation of international law. Global observers warn that this mega mission of suppressing political parties by showing the thumb of the judicial process is completely dusting the credibility of Bangladesh's legal framework on the world stage.