What do today's large scale protests throughout Bangladesh, involving hundreds of thousands of people, many of which are calling very directly for Sheikh Hasina to resign, mean?
The protests are unlikely to stop. They are triggered by a quite understandable deep emotional
David Bergman
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Writing on politics, elections, corruption, human rights etc .. with particular interest in Bangladesh. Most recently Netra News, Al Jazeera, Channel 4 News
- "Who came? Who has come? The police have come, the police have come. What are they doing? They are here to lick the dictator's feet." There are the slogans of the female students yesterday filimed at Thakurgaon in this remarkable video. If, following the killing of over 200
00:00 - This is Rajshai university today where students sought to hold a peaceful rally. However the #Bangladesh law enforcement authorities were having none of that. At one point, armed and plain clothes police tried to disrupt the protests, arrest five students and drag them to their
00:00 - Heart warming newsA day after euphoria-driven mayhem, Bangladeshi youth cleaned up around the national parliament, other major buildings and even helped manage traffic in the absence of police. Reflects the enormous confidence and hope in what they’ve just achieved.
- OMG. The best ever.Traffic management in Dhaka — Gen Z style! (RK Sohan+ / Facebook)
00:00 - This is some moment. The statue of Sheikh Mujib, the father of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and the country's independence leader, is being destroyed. Unfortunately, his reputation (most support him, others not) has been significantly tarnished by association with her
00:00 - The quota protest organisers called for mass protests today against the law enforcement killings and the ensuing government crackdown involving arbitrary arrests of thousands, as well resignation of key ministers and apology from the prime minister. And people have responded in
- I did an interview on @ndtv and the understanding of the anchor and the other guests was just shocking. Even a former ambassador spoke about protests "spearheaded" by the Jamaat. It was just pure fantasy. It seemed they had taken the most extreme of the Awami League narrativesWitnessing the student revolution in Bangladesh has taken India by surprise. I reminded them many times that this day would come. The failure of India's Bangladesh policy proves that India's neighborhood policy is fundamentally flawed. Now, their media and politicians are
- Absolutely shocking. This is nothing less than Bangladesh state murder. ... No doubt the Awami League government will say that the men who shot this poor man were BNP/Jamaat opposition activists dressed up in law enforcement uniform! And the ever-so-silent diplomats in BangladeshOn Friday, July 19, 2024, near Rampura Police Station in Dhaka, residents of the Banasree area took to the streets to protest against the student killings. A clash ensued between the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB), the police, and the general protesters. At one point, unable to
00:00 - Common slogans at protests today in Dhaka (translated from the Bengali): - "Why my brother/sister is dead. Hasina must answer for this." - "My brother/sister is lying in the grave. Why the killers are walking free outside? " "1 2 3 4. Sheikh Hasina is a dictator" "1234. Hasina,The quota protest organisers called for mass protests today against the law enforcement killings and the ensuing government crackdown involving arbitrary arrests of thousands, as well resignation of key ministers and apology from the prime minister. And people have responded in
- This is not just brutal, but brazen. The #Bangladesh government law enforcement took out this man as though he was an enemy combatant in a war situation and in full view of everyone around him and clearly with a total sense of impunity. I don’t know whether this man was a BNPThis is how #RAB shot and killed Asif Iqbal, a former student of Independent University, with a long-range sniper rifle on the afternoon of Friday, July 19, at the Mirpur 10 Fruit Market in Dhaka. #QuotaReformMovement #StepDownHasina #RABBrutality #StudentKilling
00:00 - Army authorities have released the young lawter Mir Ahmed Bin Quasem, also known as Armaan, after 8 years of secret detention. He was picked up by Awami League government authorities in August 2016 from his home, in front of his family and since then his whereabouts has been
- So so impressive. Not sure that this could happen in many other countries.











