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World > Asia & Oceania
Bangladeshi opposition party officials convicted
By Agence France-Presse
Nov 22, 2023 12:11 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh has convicted 139 senior opposition party officials and activists in the past two days, prosecutors and lawyers said on Monday, as a crackdown on anti-government protesters intensifies ahead of elections.

Those convicted included scores of activists from the country's main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), including on historic charges over protest violence, arson and obstructing the police, with convictions ranging from a few months to up to three-and-a-half years in prison.

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