Six students were killed in Bangladesh’s demonstrations against the quota method for government jobs. In response, the government has ordered schools and universities global to similar continuously.
According to official M A Khair, the education department mandated the shutdown for” the safety of the kids” as a result of the conflicts on Tuesday. The attempt was extended to institutions, where most protest are enrolled.
Protesters gathered in cities across the country to protest against calling from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the high court to return to school. Three students were killed in Chittagong, with evidence of gun wounds, and 35 people were injured, according to medical director Mohammad Taslim Uddin. Two kids died in Dhaka in the aftermath of confrontations where rival groups threw tiles and blocked important roads, according to police inspector Bacchu Mia. An extra 60 people were injured in the cash.
A pupil died in Rangpur during altercations where authorities dispersed protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets. Yunus Ali, the medical director of Rangpur Medical College, said,” The pupil was brought lifeless to the clinic by other learners.”
Tauhidul Haque Siam, a student reporter, recounted the violence in Rangpur, and said,” Police opened fire from their shotguns on the protesters”, and confirmed that the deceased student was “killed in the firing”, though this account could n’t be independently verified.
In response to escalating violence and road blockades, the Border Guard Bangladesh ( BGB ) force was deployed in five major cities, including Dhaka and Chittagong.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the Bangladeshi authorities to “protect the demonstrators against any type of danger or murder,” underscoring the basic right to peaceful demonstrations.
Over 400 people were hurt in Dhaka as a result of clashes the day before between anti-quota protesters and members of the ruling Awami League’s student aircraft. ” We are not here to perform murder”, a rebel in Dhaka told AFP. ” We just want our freedom. However, our peaceful demonstrations are being attacked by the ruling group supporters.
The protests call for the end of a system that restricts access to more than half of civil service positions to specific groups, including those held by veterans of the 1971 independence war. Critics claim that the program benefits the children of Sheikh Hasina’s supporters as prime minister.
Amnesty International has urged Bangladesh to “immediately guarantee the safety of all quiet activists.” The US State Department likewise condemned the “violence against quiet activists”, drawing a reprimand from Bangladesh’s foreign government.
