Yunus Regime Letting Off Killers Of Hindus, Interim Government Promulgated July Uprising Ordinance 2026

27th January 2026 at 6:45 PM

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The interim regime of Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh promulgated an ordinance to prevent the framing of any charges against July-August protesters.

Dhaka : The interim regime of Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh promulgated an ordinance to prevent the framing of any charges against July-August protesters. The interim government has promulgated the July Uprising (Protection and Liability Determination) Ordinance, 2026, providing immunity to the people who participated in the July Uprising, reported Bangladeshi news agency, United News of Bangladesh (UNB).

The ordinance ensures withdrawal of all existing civil and criminal cases related to the uprising and bars the filing of any new cases against the participants,” reported the UNB. This might see the killers of police personnel, minorities, including Hindus, and Awami League activists go unpunished. Such indemnity would find no support from the current Constitution of Bangladesh and might face legal challenge.

As the quota agitation turned into a broader protest against the Sheikh Hasina regime, police used force to clamp down on protesters. By then, the protests had been infiltrated by political elements and Islamist radicals. Reports suggested that dozens of police personnel had been killed and scores deserted police outposts amid the targeted attacks, which is evident from the fact that policing in Bangladesh is yet to return to normal even after 1.5 years of the anti-Hasina protests.

Earlier in January, a clip of leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, which toppled Hasina’s government, boasting of killing a Hindu police officer, Santosh Chowdhury, in an arson attack went viral. They were referring to the brutal attack threatening cops in a police station to demand the release of a colleague from custody. BNP leader Saidur Rahman Bachchu claimed in January 2025 the role of the party’s members in the killing of 13 police personnel in an attack on Enayetpur police station in Sirajganj.

Hindus, who are in the minority, political rivals, especially Awami League members, were targeted and killed. The first three days saw over 200 instances of attacks on minorities, and at least five Hindus being killed. The ordinance by the Yunus regime might allow such targeted killings of Hindus, political rivals and police personnel to go unpunished.