The country faces a rocky way for the elections

Thousands of people gathered in the center of Dhaka this week to celebrate the anniversary of the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and a promise of a new future for the country.

In the rains, the interim prime minister, Mohamed Yunus, was the leaders of the various political parties and activists standing united while revealing the plans of “new Bangladesh”.

In all parts of the country, people waved the national flag in concerts, gatherings and special prayer sessions that indicate what some activists “The second” of this nation with a Muslim majority, which number 170 million people.

However, these sculpting scenes have not narrated the entire story in the past 12 months.

Rights groups say that there are cases of death, mob violence, revenge attacks, and the renewal of religious extremism that threatens to zig the country’s journey towards democracy.

At the same time, the former Minister of Crime, which was amazing from the working hours of exile lines in neighboring India, deprived her role in the deadly campaign and refused to return to confront the charges that rise to crimes against humanity.

“I think we have a change in the system, not a revolution. Basically, women’s hatred is still intact, and male dominance is still unlikely.”

Mrs. HUQ chaired the Women’s Affairs Reform Committee, one of the bodies established by the interim government to bring social and political changes that reflect the goals of the uprising in democracy and pluralism.

In April this year, the body of 10 members submitted its report calling for gender equality – especially on the right of women to inheritance and divorce, and called for criminalizing marital rape and protecting the rights of sex workers, who face ill -treatment and harassment from the police and others.

Next month, Thousands of Islamic militants moved to the streets Against the proposed recommendations, saying that it is hostile to Islam and that “men and women cannot be equal.”

The demonstrators – led by Haifzat Al -Islam, who has a representative in the Council of Ministers of Interim Governmental Advisors – called for the dissolution of the Women’s Committee, and its members are punished for submitting these proposals.

After that, no detailed public debate was conducted on the committee’s proposals.

“I was disappointed that the interim government did not support us enough when we were subjected to a lot of violations by Hefazat-E-Slaam,” says Haifzat Islam.

Yunus’s office did not respond to a request to comment on the prosecution.

Activists say the protests were just one example of how to encourage militants – who were pushed into a margin during Hasina -.

They also have Obtained the girls who play football matches In some parts of the country, celebrities of women participating in commercial promotional events, and in some cases, harassed women in public places because of their clothes.

But not only women with the greater burden. The militants also destroyed the grades of minority shrines, such as Sufi Muslims last year.

However, even when people like Mrs. Huq look at the future, Bangladesh still faces her past.

There is a set of anger against the government led by the Awami Association in Hasina, which is accused of illegal killing, enforced disappearance, and the brutal oppression of the opposition.

“You have a huge circle of people in Bangladesh who wanted to see not only accountability but revenge and revenge.”

However, he says: “One cannot continue the injustice that was present in the Awami League period and repeat it in the current period.”

But this is what Awami League allegations happen. Hundreds of supporters have been executed during the past year – allegations that the interim government denies.

Several journalists and supporters of the Awami Association were imprisoned for several months on charges of murder. Their sponsorship requests have been rejected repeatedly by the courts.

Critics say there is no comprehensive investigation into these murder accusations, and they have been only kept because of their previous support for the Awami Association.

“It took some time to return after a major uprising. We are in a transitional stage,” Nahid Islam, a student leader who helped lead the protests and act as a consultant to the interim government until recently.

Islam agrees that there are challenges facing the country, but it rejects the growing concerns of Islamic influence, saying that it is “part of a broader cultural conflict” that exists for years.

But there are also signs of progress. Many credit in the interim government with the stability of the country’s economy, and contrary to fears, the banking sector survived.

Bangladesh has fulfilled loan obligations, kept food prices largely stable, and has maintained strong foreign currency reserves – currently at 30 billion dollars (22 billion pounds) – thanks to international transfers and loans. Exports also confiscated fixed.

Then there are other less measurable things.

Islam argues that since the fall of Hasinah, “a democratic environment has been created, and now everyone can express their opinions freely.” This is something that must be celebrated in a country formed by a history of political turmoil, military coups, assassinations and bitter competition.

But this is interrogated by some.

The influence of student leaders on the interim government has caused criticism. They were given the roles in appreciation of their leadership in the unprecedented protests that overthrew Hasina.

Today, there are still two in the cabinet, and critics say that some controversial decisions, such as the temporary ban on the Awami League, have been taken under the pressure of students.

“The government has sometimes complied with some populist demands, especially by students, for fear that more protests are a threat that could be erupted. However, this was the exception, not the rule,” says Bergman.

Meanwhile, a leader of the Awami league claims that the party’s supporters are being disturbed by not allowing them to contact the following reconnaissance – with most of his leaders in exile or in prison.

“The elections will not be comprehensive without the participation of the Awami League,” said Muhammad Ali Arafat, the former minister in the cabinet in Hasina, to the BBC.

In its latest report, International Transparency Bangladesh said that there was a disturbing height of mob violence While killings and deaths continued outside the judicial last year.

“We have toppled an authoritarian system, but unless we put an end to authoritarian practices, we cannot really create a new Bangladesh,” said Evikhar Zaman, CEO of Tib, during the launch of the report earlier this week.

While Bangladesh stands at a crossroads, the next six months will be crucial.

Some argue that if there are no significant changes to the volatile political system, the sacrifices of killing in the uprising can become meaningless.