On August 5, 2024, Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina submitted her resignation and departed the nation with her sister.
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Long March to Dhaka
Goverment Completley Shuts Down Internet and all Social Media For The Protest For Sheikh hasina
When the government proposed quotas for families of liberation fighters in government positions, the students’ protests got underway in July. The protests persisted even after the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division overturned the judgment because Ms. sheikh Hasina called the students who were demonstrating “razakar” (traitor).
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, a son of Ms. sheikh Hasina who currently resides in the United States, posted on Facebook: “Your job is to keep our people secure, our country safe, and to maintain the constitution… It means that it is your responsibility to ensure that no unelected administration has even a moment of power.
How did the protest get out of control?
Student organizations’ protests against reserved quotas in government positions last month resulted in at least 150 deaths and thousands of injuries.
Leading the most recent protests was the group “Students Against Discrimination,” which spearheaded the job quota demonstrations last month.
Following the Supreme Court’s July 21 elimination of the majority of quotas, the reform movement came to a halt. But, last week, demonstrators returned and demanded that Hasina issue a public apology for the violence, restore internet access, reopen college and university campuses, and free those who had been detained.
Over the weekend, when protesters demanded justice for those killed last month, the demonstrations turned into a campaign calling for Hasina’s removal.
The students’ group demanded that Hasina step down as part of a one-point national non-cooperation movement that would begin on Sunday.
Blame-Game
Protesters hold Hasina’s government accountable for the violence that transpired during the July protests. Rights organizations and Hasina’s detractors have charged her government of employing disproportionate force against demonstrators; the government disputes these accusations.
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Islamic organization Jamaat-e-Islami were held accountable for the rioting and burning during the quota protests, according to Hasina, 76, and her government’s early claims.