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In August, well-liked protests — and a harsh authorities crackdown — culminated within the military-backed ouster of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who lurched towards authoritarianism. But removed from ushering in a democratic transition, the regime change has plunged Bangladesh into deeper turmoil, with mounting human-rights abuses and lawlessness by ascendant Islamist teams threatening to show the nation into one more world flash level.
Hasina could have forsaken her democratic credentials as soon as in energy — in 1990, six years earlier than she was first elected prime minister, she led the pro-democracy rebellion that toppled Bangladesh’s navy ruler — however the “iron woman” additionally saved each the highly effective navy and Islamist actions in test.
As South Asia has seen firsthand, military-backed regimes are inclined to crush anti-government protests, whereas militaries with unfulfilled ambitions may facilitate violent unrest to create a pretext to swoop in, seize energy and “restore order.” Bangladesh’s navy refused to implement a lockdown at the same time as protesters rampaged by means of the streets, and as quickly as Hasina was gone, it put in an interim administration. Tellingly, the navy packed her off to India even earlier than she may formally resign.
