Bangladesh student protests over jobs escalate, telecoms disrupted
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Published 2024-07-20
Telecommunications have also been suspended - effectively isolating the country.
Those measures are in place to deter protests against the government's jobs quota system - which have seen violent police crackdowns.
At least 114 people have been killed, and thousands injured.
The country's Supreme Court is now meeting and is expected to hand down a decision on the quota system in the coming hours.
Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury has the latest from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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All Comments (21)
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They killed hundreds of students and telling them to call upon meeting !? Demanding justice is a crime in Bangladesh
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Reservations policies should be abolished completely in education and in government jobs & promotions.
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It's been almost 72 hours without a broadband connection in Bangladesh. We're struggling to communicate with our family. Direct calls are dropping, making it almost impossible to understand even a sentence; even messages have not been delivered since yesterday. The ruling government has violated International Human Rights Law under many articles, including using helicopters to drop tear gas & shoot targeting protesters, and cutting off users from internet access. This autocratic government should receive condemnation from all countries without further delay.
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Thank you Aljageera for the news. As a Bangladeshi I request to you please continue to collect news as much as possible.
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We want the students to be safe and have peace. We do not want the people of Bangladesh to experience the same suffering as Myanmar 😢 Be justice and safe Bangladesh people 🇧🇩
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Tanvir Bhai thank you for speaking the truth when every media person choose to stay silent. Stay safe.
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My request to world leaders They should protect the students of Bangladesh
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We want justice... Save our students
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Save Bangladesh please, save innocent people.
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Autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina is making arbitrary decisions on peaceful students, common people with her system of politicians, police and army. We want to be saved from this misdeed. I request the big countries to come forward. Protect the students and people of Bangladesh, please help.
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Why Sheikh Hasina doesn't accept students demand 😡😡😡😡
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If society loses! The country will lose! Everyone stand by them! Bangladesh will turn around! ✊✊✊
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We want reform of the state and we call on all the people of Bangladesh
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What ever happens they will not resign because they’re greedy for power & money. We are seeking justice from international criminal courts.
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save Bangladesh students 😢
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World people please save Bangladeshi student
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Save Bangladesh Students
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How much more blood will we Bangladeshis have to shed to protect our independence? We are fed up with the oppression of this fascist government. We protest, and the government shoots and kills us. We get no justice. The world watches in astonishment. Where will we go?"
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I have not been able to contact anyone in Bangladesh for three days, the government has shut down the internet
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thank you so much al Jazeera news and Mr Tanvir