DHAKA: On Wednesday, the caretaker government of Bangladesh lifted the ban on the main Jamaat-e-Islami party and its allied organizations, citing a lack of proof linking them to “terrorist activities.”
Under an anti-terrorism law, the government of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina outlawed its rival political party, accusing it of inciting deadly violence during student-led rallies that developed into an uprising against Hasina. This forced Hasina to quit and leave for India on August 5.
“No specific evidence of involvement of Jamaat” and its affiliates “in terrorist activities” was stated in a gazette notification released on Wednesday by the caretaker government, which took over from Hasina’s administration.
Although it denies inciting violence, the party has denounced the ban as “illegal, extrajudicial, and unconstitutional.”
