
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Constitution protects peaceful assembly. Judges cannot simply rule that protection away.
Bangladesh’s High Court has, on the facts reported, turned the Constitution upside down. Justices Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar and Faysal Hasan Arif declared any strike or hartal protesting a court verdict illegal, even though Article 37 protects peaceful, unarmed assembly, subject to reasonable restrictions imposed by law for public order or public health.