Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Bangladesh's interim government must restore public trust by guaranteeing full respect for human rights and the rule of law in the fortnight ahead of next month's national elections, Amnesty International's Secretary General Agnes Callamard said in an open letter to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.

The letter also cites the interim authorities' "inadequate response" to the violence that followed the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi on 18 December 2025, when the offices of media outlets The Daily Star and Prothom Alo were set alight, and the editor of the New Age newspaper, Nurul Kabir, was harassed.

On the same day, Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu man, was lynched following allegations of blasphemy, AI said.

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