After 53 years of independence, the people of Bangladesh are yet to fully reap the benefits of freedoms. The words equality, human dignity, social justice, democracy, and human rights still seem like dreams to the people of Bangladesh. The human rights situation after independence, especially until August 2024, was frightening and deeply concerning . While Bangladesh is committed to protecting human rights as a state in accordance with its constitutional obligations and international law, the human rights situation in key areas such as voting rights, freedom of expression, the right to assembly, and social security not only deteriorated but also reached extremely worrying levels throughout the year. Following the controversial and flawed elections of 2014 and 2018, where many Bangladeshis did not have the opportunity to exercise their voting rights, 2024 began with another unacceptable and questionable election without an opposition party and widespread violence. The election, which became known to the people of Bangladesh as a “dummy election”, was mainly a show of electoral competition between the main candidates of the Awami League and “dummy” candidates. Thousands of students and the public were injured and killed in the antidiscrimination student movement in July and August due to widespread repression by various government forces that began in June in the wake of a movement against quota. During those days, batons, tear gas, sound grenades, water cannons, shootings, disappearances, murders, detentions, arrests, false cases, harassment, etc. were commonplace. Not only that, during the movement, the government shut down the internet and carried out widespread killings of innocent civilians. Leaders and activists of other organizations, including the ruling Awami League, Jubo League, and Chhatra League, joined the government forces in this killing. During the massacre, the autocratic Prime Minister fled to India on August 5 in the face of a mass uprising led by the students. After Sheikh Hasina left the country, widespread looting, anarchy, attacks and vandalism on houses and private institutions, minority oppression, extrajudicial killings, mass beatings, insults, extortion, and various unpleasant and unexpected incidents began to occur across the country. Law and order situation deteriorated drastically in different parts of the country and political revenge attacks were widespread. In particular, Awami League leaders and activists and those known to be supporters of the Sheikh Hasina government were targeted. After the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, there was no government in the country for about 80 hours. Then on August 8, the interim government formed under the leadership of Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus faced difficult challenges in its attempt to re-establish order in the country. The interim government faced a series of setbacks, mainly due to the lack of cooperation from the administration and law enforcement agencies. Even during this time, human rights violations, including mob violence, political violence, and revenge attacks, continued to occur across the country, which have not yet been fully brought under control.