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Bangladesh police warn of 'crisis' as rape cases surge
Gulf Today
|August 28, 2025
Bangladesh's leading women’s rights group reported on Wednesday a dramatic surge in rape cases it blamed on worsening security, with police calling the general law and order situation a “crisis”.
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Fauzia Moslem, president of Bangladesh Mohila Parishad group, said the number of sexual assaults in the first six months of 2025 nearly equalled the total for all of last year -- a period that also included the turmoil during mass protests that toppled the government in August 2024.
“Violence against women increases when there is a deterioration of law and order,” Moslem told AFP, warning of “a deliberate attempt in society to create an ‘anti-women’ atmosphere”.
This story is from the August 28, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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