13 dead in Nigeria protests
At least 13 people died during protests in Nigeria on Thursday, according to rights group Amnesty International, which accused security forces of killing peaceful protesters.
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Govt should restrain Chhatra League, heed students鈥� demands
ATTACKS by the Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, on protesting students again at Barishal University on July 29 are deplorable. The attacks left at least 15 injured, nine of whom had to be sent to hospital. It was Chhatra League attacks on protesters on July 15 that forced a peaceful student movement into violence...
Citizens for probe into killings of protesters under UN supervision
Seventy-four eminent citizens demanded unbiased, independent, transparent, and credible investigations into the killings of students and other citizens during the quota reform movement under the supervision of United Nations high-level experts...
Police unlawfully use lethal weapons against protesters: Amnesty
Amnesty International in a statement on Thursday said that Bangladesh authorities have continued to use unlawful force against student protesters, amid six days of shutdown and communication restrictions, during the quota-reform protest across the country...
Disjointed key protest leaders create confusion
The lack communication between leaders of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, a platform for anti-quota movement has resulted in confusion among the protesters about their next course of actions...
Some protesters were drugged, says Arafat
State minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad A Arafat on Monday said that the BNP and miscreants carried out attacks across the country as part of their well-thought and pre-designed blueprint to disconnect the country from the world, stop development efforts and disrupt its journey towards next level of development...
DMCH hands over 70 bodies in four days
The Dhaka Medical College Hospital authorities have been avoiding giving information about the exact number of the deaths and injured people following clashes between job quota protesters and law enforcement agencies alongwith ruling Awami League activists since July 15 that left at least 155 killed and hundreds injured in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country till Sunday...
Killings and repression must stop
ON JUNE 5, a High Court bench declared illegal a government circular issued in 2018, which abolished the 30 per cent quota for the dependents of the freedom fighters. In protest, students from all institutions 鈥� schools to universities 鈥� started a non-violent movement, which was made violent by the attack on the protesters by the Chhatra League and the police...
Protesters term SC verdict unclear, demand law
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, a platform of students demanding quota reform in government jobs, on Sunday demanded to enact a law by calling a special session of Jatiya Sangsad within a week, terming the day鈥檚 Supreme Court verdict 鈥榰nclear鈥�...
30 lawyers condemn use of 鈥榚xcessive, force鈥� on quota protesters
Thirty lawyers condemned the 鈥榰se of excessive and disproportionate force鈥� on the student protesters demanding quota reforms in government jobs in a statement issued on Sunday...
Hospitals overwhelmed by patients with gunshot wounds
Many public and private hospitals in the capital were overwhelmed treating hundreds of patients with gunshot injuries for the second consecutive day, as law enforcers fired indiscriminately on...
Attacks on Bangladesh student protesters unacceptable: UN HR chief
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday he was deeply concerned by this week鈥檚 violence in Bangladesh, calling the attacks on student protesters 鈥榮hocking and unacceptable鈥�...
Dhaka stocks drop after four-week rise
Dhaka stocks dropped in the past week after gaining for four consecutive weeks, amid the countrywide shutdown enforced by the quota reform protesters, market operators said...
BCL wreaks havoc at JU overnight
The ruling Awami League鈥檚 student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and activists of Savar and Ashulia upazila units allegedly joined the Jahangirnagar University BCL unit on Monday night to attack the anti-quota protesters, leading to a clash that left over 100 injured.聽..
50 BCL leaders resign for attacks on quota protesters
Over 50 activists of the ruling Awami League鈥檚 student wing, the Bangladesh Chhatra League, have stepped down from their posts following attacks on quota protests that started on Monday...
Attacks on聽quota protesters condemned
Several political parties on Monday condemned attacks on quota protesters allegedly by the ruling Awami League-backed student organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League at...
BNP for withdrawal of case against聽anti-quota protesters
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday demanded withdrawal of the case filed against the students agitating for quota system reform in...
Air passengers suffer due to anti-quota blockade
Air passengers, especially those departing for overseas jobs, have suffered because of blockade of roads and railways by anti-quota protesters across the country on Wednesday as many had to reach the airport in Dhaka hours before their scheduled journeys...
Kenya protesters vow to march again
Kenyan protest organisers called on Wednesday for fresh peaceful marches against deeply unpopular tax hikes, as the death toll from nationwide demonstrations climbed to 22, a state-funded rights body said, vowing an investigation...
Armenian protesters rally after violent clashes with police
Thousands of Armenians staged a new rally Thursday against prime minister Nikol Pashinyan, a day after clashes between anti-government protesters and...
Armenia detaines 273 anti-govt protesters
Armenia said on Monday police had detained hundreds of demonstrators demanding the resignation of prime minister Nikol Pashinyan over territorial concessions made to arch foe Azerbaijan...
Unfurling love from the window
ON APRIL 30, when Columbia University student protesters took over Hamilton Hall, they renamed it 鈥楬ind鈥檚 Hall鈥�, dropping a large banner out the windows above the building鈥檚 entrance. This was a hall famously occupied by students in the 1968 protests against the Vietnam War and against Jim Crow racism in the United States...
Police high-handedness to jobseekers unacceptable
THE police detention of 13 protesters who were demanding an increase in the age limit to apply for government jobs is unacceptable. The law enforcers detained the protesters after foiling their demonstrations in the Shahbagh crossing in the...
Protesters try to stop UK migrant removals from accommodation
Protesters in London tried Thursday to prevent the removal of migrants from their temporary accommodation, as the UK government began detaining people before...
Police detain 100 as pro-Palestinian camp cleared at US university
Police detained about 100 people as they moved in to clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters in response to the use of anti-Semitic slurs, the school said.
Columbia University drops deadline for dismantling camp
Columbia University backed off late Thursday from an overnight deadline for pro-Palestinian protesters to abandon an encampment there as more college campuses in the United States sought to prevent occupations from taking hold...
103 arrested as tensions flare at US univs over Gaza protests
Tensions flared between pro-Palestinian student protesters and school administrators at several US universities on Monday, as in-person classes were cancelled and demonstrators arrested...
Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University
Police arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian student protesters at New York鈥檚 Columbia University on Thursday, a day after the president of the prestigious school was grilled in Congress over accusations of anti-Semitism...