NCP’s Nahid accuses government of tacitly endorsing attacks on Mahfuj Alam

Nahid Islam, the convenor of the National Citizen Party, has accused the interim government and its advisors of tacitly endorsing attacks on Mahfuj Alam, a key figure in the July Uprising. In a Facebook post on Saturday, Nahid slated the government for its lack of action in response to an attempt on Mahfuj’s life in London and a previous attack in New York. Nahid, former information advisor to the government, wrote: “We are keeping track of these actions. There will be a political response.” He condemned the repeated attacks on Mahfuj by what he described as “Awami fascists” and warned that others would be targeted next. “Those who are silently approving the attacks on Mahfuj will also suffer,” Nahid warned....