Bangladesh’s streets have again erupted with political violence. In early July, a university student protest began over Bangladesh’s job quota system that disproportionately benefits the descendants of Bangladesh’s 1971 liberation…
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How protests against a quota system turned into an uprising against Sheikh Hasina’s government. What began in Bangladesh as a mass student protest against job quotas has now morphed into…
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NGOs Call for Action After Killing of Bangladesh Union Activist
DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Human Rights Watch and global workers’ rights organizations have intensified a call for action after the June killing of Bangladeshi union activist Shahidul Islam, urging the government to…
