Awami League Leader Dies in Custody: Is Bangladesh Jail a 'Political Graveyard'?

• Awami League leader Shamikul Islam, 60, died in custody at Gaibandha District Jail after falling ill.
• He was president of Awami League in Palashbari Upazila and was arrested after Sheikh Hasina's government was removed.
• This incident adds to increasing custodial deaths of Awami League members, raising concerns about political repression.
• Earlier, former minister Ramesh Chandra Sen also died in Dinajpur District Jail custody on February 7.
• Awami League alleges deliberate negligence and calls these deaths 'crimes by the government', not natural.