Central Jubo League Stands by Detained Leaders and Activists Protesting Yunus Government

Staff reporter.

Dhaka, 25 September 2025: More than five hundred leaders and activists were detained in the protests and processions organized by various affiliates of the Bangladesh Awami League against the Yunus government in the capital on 24 September. Among these leaders and activists detained from different parts of Dhaka in the joint force’s eight-hour operation were members of the Jubo League, Swechchhasebak League and Chhatra League. In this incident, the Bangladesh Awami Jubo League Central Committee has issued instructions to stand by the detained leaders and activists.

Jubo League Central Executive Committee Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and General Secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil have instructed that the Jubo League will provide all kinds of financial and legal assistance, including case management, to all detained leaders and activists. The instructions to the central committee members said, “We are requested to send the case information, names, and contact numbers of family members of our Jubo League members who have been detained or are in jail to the center as soon as possible.”

When asked whether similar assistance will be provided to Chhatra League leaders and activists, a responsible leader of the central committee told BD Digest, “Chhatra League leaders and activists are our younger brothers. We are always by default with them.”

Many of those arrested were produced before the court today after being questioned by law enforcement agencies in various jails and institutions last night. The court rejected all bail applications and ordered them to be sent to jail.

Although cases of detainees have been handled on private initiative and with the support of various human rights organizations, this is the first time that a central organization has issued direct instructions for overall cooperation with detained leaders and activists.

BD Digest’s investigation revealed that the Jubo League has already contacted the families of the detained leaders and activists and collected all their information. This initiative is being seen as an important step to boost the morale of the organization’s leaders and activists.