Overview

• Supporters of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina rallied outside UN headquarters in New York, chanting “Yunus is Pakistani. Go back to Pakistan.”
• Protesters alleged a sharp rise in attacks on religious minorities since August 2024 and called for Muhammad Yunus to resign and hold elections.
• Demonstrators demanded the release of religious leader Chinmoy Krishna Das, whose detention has become a focal point for critics of the interim administration.
• Inside the UNGA, Yunus delivered his second address since taking office and blamed India for strained ties, citing New Delhi’s hosting of Hasina.
• A UN/EU-affiliated human-rights representative told the UNHRC that minorities in Bangladesh face assaults, gender-based violence, land confiscation, forced displacement and arbitrary arrests.