Bangladesh Lawyers Plan Court Boycott
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — About 13,000 lawyers are expected to boycott courts to press for acceptance of their demands that martial law be lifted and a national interim government formed, a spokesman said Sunday.
Lawyers held a noon rally at the Supreme Court Bar Assn. headquarters to urge that their demands be accepted by the military government.
A spokesman for the coordination council of Bangladesh’s 76 bar associations estimated that nearly 13,000 lawyers, including members of the Supreme Court group, will take part in the boycott.
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