Bangladesh Prime Minister has urged the students to go home after protest entered the eighth day. Thousands of students are injured and many are feared dead in this violent crackdown
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| Thousands of students have been injured, many have succumbed to their injuries, and girl students have been raped. |Photo Credit: Twitter |
Dhaka: Around two weeks ago two students were killed by a privately operated bus in Bangladesh after which thousands of angry school and colleges students hit the streets demanding changes to Bangladesh's transport laws. Paralysing the overcrowded capital of 18 million, the unrest quickly spread beyond the capital. To tackle the protest, Sheikh Hasina government ordered a vicious crackdown on the students, the brutality of which can only be compared to the oppression carried out by the Pakistani military regime in 1971. The government has also shut down mobile internet services across swathes of the country, officials and local media said. Thousands of students have been injured, many have succumbed to their injuries, and girl students have been raped. The media is silent about this murderous assault and many of outlets are actively conniving with the authorities to suppress the facts. Journalists who have decided to cover the protest have been arrested by government intelligence agencies. Ruling party student cadre, Bangladesh Chhatra League has been accused of participating in widespread violence against the students.
Rahat Karim Freelance photojournalist Rahat Karim attacked by supporters of Bangladesh government.
Award-winning photojournalist Shahidul Alam, 63, was arrested at his Dhaka home late on Sunday; hours after his comments were broadcast by the Qatar-based TV station. An actress was also detained for spreading rumours after she shared a post on Facebook that two protesters were killed and the eye of another was gouged out.The lawlessness can be gauged from the fact that a car carrying US ambassador Marcia Bernicat was also attacked by "armed adult men" but she escaped unscathed. The embassy has condemned the "brutal attacks and violence" against the students' protesters by security forces, a charge the government denies.
Bangladesh’s cabinet has said that it will consider capital punishment for traffic accidents. While Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged students to go home, Shajahan Khan, a government minister with ties to powerful transport unions, questioned why there was such uproar over the two Dhaka children but no reaction when 33 people were killed in an Indian bus crash.
Hasina warned Sunday that a "third party" could sabotage the protests and put the safety of demonstrators at risk.Social media is full of shocking images of students, horrific videos and call for help from the international media agencies and rights groups from Bangladeshis. In most of the videos, unidentified men carrying rods, machetes and bamboo sticks can be seen attacking the students.Students are out there on the streets because the government has failed to ensure safe roads. However, their peaceful protest is being questioned as too “disruptive”.
Source - timesnownews.com
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