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In August 2024, a popular uprising in Bangladesh ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her political party, the Awami League, from power. The abrupt shift has raised concerns about heightened political instability and the potential for mass atrocities. This piece addresses concerning trends to monitor regarding the risk of large-scale, systematic, group-targeted, identity-based violence against civilians in the country.
Dr. Anna Ullrich joined the Mandel Center in 2024 as the director of International Academic Programs. Together with her team, she is promoting the vitality of international research in the field of Holocaust Studies through research workshops, international conferences, and programs supporting scholars and scholarship in Ukraine.
They took my father away.
They came one evening and took him away on a stretcher.
Two policemen in blue uniforms bent over the black, blanketed heap
And heaved up the poles
And opened the door and left.