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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I hope Bangladesh can be peace. Love from Indonesia 🇮🇩🇧🇩
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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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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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Save Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Students 🤬
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Thank you Al Jazeera for staying with innocent people.
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Save Bangladesh please, save innocent 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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Thank for news and support❤ please save Bangladesh students and people👏🥺 pray for Bangladesh students and people🤲😢 Love From Bangladesh🇧🇩🥀
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I am not able to understand anything. The court has given the decision. What is the fault of government that they are protesting soo violently ? I don't know if Bangladesh constitution allows ordinance or not.
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We want reform of the state and we call on all the people of Bangladesh
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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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Save student in Bangladesh 🇧🇩 making Human rights in Bangladesh 🇧🇩
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Best wishes to Bangladesh brothers from Pakistan. Hope peace prevails
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3 days without interest it’s so hard to get news 😢
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Save the students in Bangladesh
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Jazakallah Al Jazeera for showing what is happening in Bangladesh 🇧🇩
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Please help, save Bangladesh Save Bangladesh brother and students 🙏 All the networks are completely shut down 😢