A large group of Bangladeshis, many of them supporters of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, staged a protest outside the United Nations headquarters on Friday, accusing the country’s current chief adviser, Muhammad Yunus, of persecuting minorities and “turning Bangladesh into a Taliban state.”

Protesters carried placards reading “Stop killing minorities in Bangladesh” and “Say no to Islamist terrorism in Bangladesh” while chanting slogans such as “Yunus is Pakistani, go back to Pakistan.”

“We are protesting against the illegal Yunus regime,” said one protestor quoted by ANI. “Since August 5, 2024, when Sheikh Hasina was forced to leave Bangladesh, minorities – Hindus, Buddhists, Christians – have been systematically targeted and killed. Many have been forced to flee the country. This

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