This is not reform, but mob rule: Joy

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has alleged there is no rule of law in Bangladesh where even the Supreme Court is not safe, reports UNB.

"This is not reform, this is mob rule. There is no rule of law in Bangladesh when even the Supreme Court is not safe," he alleged in his verified Facebook account.

Joy, who was ICT adviser to Sheikh Hasina, said on Saturday the protesters threatened to attack the Supreme Court and burn down the home of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh.

In the post Joy said, "They demanded the court resign and they provided a list of names of people to be appointed. The interim government gave in to their demand and appointed justices named by the protesters. How can the Supreme Court of a country be changed without any due process, without elected parliament?

He also said the protesters gave a list of 41 journalists to the Jatiya Press Club demanding they be expelled.

"After all their allegations of my mother's government's crackdown on freedom of speech, is this not a more severe attack on freedom of speech? So a mob gets to provide a list of journalists to throw out?"

He said he would like to hear from the international media and government on this. "You have been so vocal in the past, why are you silent now?"

Joy reportedly lives in the United States.

On Saturday, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement issued an ultimatum, demanding that the Chief Justice and the judges of the Appellate Division resign by 1:00 pm Saturday.