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In Nepal, on July 20, the All Nepal National Free Students Union held a rally in solidarity with the quota reform movement in Bangladesh and to protest the killing of students. [ 431 ] The Bangladeshi diaspora in Italy , [ 432 ] Canada , [ 433 ] France , [ 434 ] Qatar , [ 435 ] the United Arab Emirates , the Maldives , the United Kingdom and ...
Students and protesters clash with police during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 11, 2024. ... A shocking video of unarmed protester Abu Saeed being shot to death by police while ...
Inside Bangladesh it’s being dubbed a Gen Z revolution – a protest movement that pitted mostly young student demonstrators against a 76-year-old leader who had dominated her nation for decades ...
Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho (Bengali: মীর মাহফুজুর রহমান মুগ্ধ; 9 October 1998 – 18 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student, freelancer, [112] and activist in the 2024 quota reform movement, [113] [114] [115] who was shot dead while distributing food, water and biscuits during the protest.
Bangladesh has been gripped by violence this week after relentless clashes between student protesters, security officials and pro-government student activists over a quota system for government jobs.
On 17 August, former shipping minister Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury was charged over an attack on a student protest on 18 July. [188] On 27 August, the interim government dissolved a committee created under Sheikh Hasina's government to investigate the deaths of students during the protests. [189]
The government banned the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, its student wing, the Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir and its associated bodies citing anti-terrorism law following their involvement in the protests. [135] [136] Until 1 August, 274 cases had been filed against students in various police stations in Dhaka Metropolitan.
In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign. The demonstrations began ...