Hasina wins fifth term as Bangladesh PM after opposition boycotts vote

Hasina wins fifth term as Bangladesh PM after opposition boycotts vote

Turnout reportedly as low as 40% after opposition party called general strike over ‘sham election’Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has won office for a fifth term, in an election that was overshadowed by a ruthless crackdown on the opposition and low voter turnout.The election commission announced in the early hours of Monday that Hasina’s ruling Awami League had won a fourth consecutive term, winning almost 75% of the seats. It will be her fifth term as prime minister as she had previously ruled between 1996 and 2001, before coming back to power in 2009. Continue reading...

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Adam Toozen hyvä teksti nyky-Myanmarista.

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I'm already exhausted by this genre

It’s really astonishing how Great Replacement stuff went from fringe conspiracist shit to something the most powerful people on the right routinely invoke to fairly muted outcry