The wave of protests does not stop in Bangladesh: hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets announcing a campaign of civil disobedience to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, elected for a fourth consecutive term in January in a vote boycotted by oppositions.
Among the weapons used by the government are the night curfew, internet cuts, tear gas and rubber bullets.
But the impact with the security forces is dramatic. The violent clashes with sticks and knives on one side and live bullets on the other produced a bloodbath with over 90 dead, according to the Indian agency PTI, 14 among the police forces, and hundreds injured. A toll that brings to over 300 the number of people killed since the protests began in July.
Around 10 thousand were arrested and among these there were also important opposition figures.
During a rally held in recent hours in Dacca, Nahid Islam, one of the leaders of the student movement, harangued the crowd, arguing that in addition to the prime minister's resignation "there should also be an ad hoc trial for the murders, looting and corruption ».
Demonstrators have been protesting for almost a month against the decision to reserve many positions in the public administration for relatives of veterans of Bangladesh's war of independence against Pakistan in 1971. Most of these so-called "quotas" were reduced by the government later to a High Court ruling, but students continued to protest, demanding justice for those killed and injured.
(Unioneonline/ss)