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[Darshan Raval Universe 🌍💙 @DRavalUniverse]

Off he goes again! Making our hearts leap with his voice and each lyric. Baarishon Mein is as sad and soothing as we expected if not more. @DarshanRavalDZ loved loved loved it. The fulfilment we feel after listening to your new songs will never get old <3

https://t.co/W4HfJGivvn

[sourbhi 🏠💙 @Sourbhi_drdz]

"haaye badal ye badal hai dardo ke badal ye aansuon mai apne sukhaun kahan, kitni deewangi hai mere dil mein ye cheer ke sabko dikhaun kahan, pathar ki rahein hai paairo mein kaatein hai dil mein darare hai dard jo saare hai tere bina ab toh yahi sahare hai ye mera sara jahan"🫀

[Darshan Raval 🏠💙 @DarshanRavalDZ]

Take your time..live with it

[Darshan Raval 🏠💙 @DarshanRavalDZ]

I just know how to make song..so trying to give it all 🤗
Kinni soni ❤️‍🩹for all of you

[Darshan Raval 🏠💙 @DarshanRavalDZ]

See you later 💙 go now kinni Soni all yours

[Darshan Raval Universe 🌍💙 @DRavalUniverse]

“akhri dafa main tujhko chhuu bhi na saka”
lying awake listening to a song after ages, feeling this way about a song after years. you have outdone yourself once again Darshan Raval! @DarshanRavalDZ
brought me back to square one in the best way possible. your voice has magic ✨

[Darshan Raval Universe 🌍💙 @DRavalUniverse]

a decade. how surreal! i had the best time of my life with you @DarshanRavalDZ 🤍
wherever i am, i will always wish you happiness ✨

[David Bergman @TheDavidBergman]

What do today's large scale protests throughout Bangladesh, involving hundreds of thousands of people, many of which are calling very directly for Sheikh Hasina to resign, mean?

The protests are unlikely to stop. They are triggered by a quite understandable deep emotional response in the country to the killing by the government's law enforcement authorities of at least 200 people, most of whom were students and ordinary people.

The killings have scarred the nation. There is huge anger. And the Government's response has been unbelievably crude - blaming the opposition, calling them "terrorists", not taking any responsibility. And people just have had enough of the lies. They don't believe the Awami League any more, in part because they have seen what has happened in front of their eyes, or in videos which literally show enforcement authorities shooting at and killing innocent protesting students and others in cold blood. People, many of whom used to support the Awami League and use to speak poorly about the opposition alternatives, now strongly feel that the Awami League has no moral right to remain in power.

In the past the Awami League government's narratives against the opposition hit home, and were often accepted by large sections of civil society. They have effective control of the TV, and there are only a few independent newspapers, which helps. But the situation is different now. It really feels like the Awami league has lost the room, it has lost the country, in fact. It is really difficult to see what they can do now.

The Government could of course do an about-turn. Agree to a UN investigation, accept their responsibility for the killings etc. But it would be such a huge u-turn for the government to make, and very difficult to see the prime minister doing that, having called the Jamaat/BNP opposition as "terrorists". It is also not in her nature. The government may not even survive even if they did that; in the end, people are thinking how can a government that has killed so many remain in power?

Clearly, if Bangladesh was like Iran or other highly repressive countries, perhaps the government could use increased repression to to control the population and the country. But Bangladesh is not like that - and whilst the law enforcement authorities have been very loyal to the Awami League, they would unlikely to willing to take part in the levels of repression that would be necessary.

The Bangladesh government is now looking towards India, the Awami League's principal supporter. The Indian government will no doubt do many things to help Bangladesh, but in the end, in the context of these huge protests, they can only do so much. They will however certainly ensure that Sheikh Hasina remains safe, and will airlift her out of the country, if things were ever to get dangerous for her. India will provide as much political support as they can, until they realise that it is not working.

The liberal democratic international community now have an important role to play. It has to try and persuade the Awami League that it is in their best interests now to resign and allow some form of peaceful transfer of power of some kind of army-backed government, as a prelude to sometime in the near future to free and fair elections. No-one ideally wants the army involved, but there is no way to avoid a blood bath unless that is the case. The countnry's army is the only institution in the county that can play that "independent" role. The prime minister though is not going to listen to the West. The only way that she will even think about doing it is if India pushes them in this direction. So the liberal democratic international community must pressure India.

However, right now, there is no clarity that "the West" is thinking like this at all. Although the EU has issued a strongly worded statement, no other country has; they have only condemned violence generally, rather than the law enforcement killings in particular.

Although the Awami League has not come to power through free and fair elections since 2009, the West has supported Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League, seeing them, despite their authoritarianism, as providing stability and economic development. However, the costs of the West now supporting authoritarianism and acquiescing to serious human rights violations, is coming home to roost, as the people of the country are finally asserting themselves. The West should realise that and change their diplomatic postures.

Right now, the only question seems to be is how long wil the Awami League remain in power. There is a kind of popular revolution taking place in the country, and many people think that Sheikh Hasina should read the writing on the wall, both metaphorically and literally. It says: Resign.

[🍉🔻 @yuyehsesh_t]

Local media of Bangladesh has been pressurised by the government to censor themselves and not post anything related to the ongoing protest. This is dystopian.

via @thefrontpagebd’s instagram
#Save_Bangladeshi_students #StepDownHasina #StudentsUnderAttack #Quota_Reform_Movement

[🍉🔻 @yuyehsesh_t]

Al-Jazeera Reporter Tanvir Chowdhury reports Live from Dhaka Friday Afternoon.

via @thefrontpagebd ‘s instagram

#SaveBangaldeshiStudents #StepDownHasina #StudentsUnderAttack #Quota_Reform_Movement

[🍉🔻 @yuyehsesh_t]

Transl:
“At least 20 people have died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital”

“At least 3 people have died in Rampura, Banasree. About 300 people are undergoing treatment in three different hospitals after being shot”

#SaveBangaldeshiStudents
#StepDownHasina
#StarLinkforBangladesh

[Darshan Raval Universe 🌍💙 @DRavalUniverse]

Can y’all please sign this petition? https://t.co/LcWjF5s9qP

If you don’t have a postcode just use B20 or smth similar and that’ll do.

#SaveBangladeshiStudents #StepDownHasina

[David Bergman @TheDavidBergman]

Bangladesh is in turmoil as law enforcement response to nationwide student protests have today resulted in the deaths of at least 19 people. What is this all about?

1. The country's university students are demanding the scrapping of the government quota system which allows 30% of all positions in the public sector to go to grandchildren/great grand-children of "freedom fighters", that is those who fought in the country's 1971 war of independence. The quota for freedom fighter families was first brought in by the Awami League in around 2010.

2. Students argue that the quota for "freedom fighter" families stops merit based students from getting jobs, unduly favours supporters of the governing Awami League and is corrupt. The constitution does allow quotas to be given to "disadvantaged groups", but many question whether "freedom fighter" families are necessarily disadvantaged anymore and whether most of those listed by the government as freedom fighters ever actually fought in the war.

3. Students first started protesting against the quotas in 2018, but (as 2018 what was supposed to be an election year, and the government was fearing issues that the opposition could use against it) the Awami Government quickly accepted the student demands and said that they would remove the quotas. This ended the protests at that time.

4. However, someone filed a writ petition in the High Court challenging the legality of the government order ending the quotas. In early June 2024, just over a month ago, the High Court ruled that the government order was unconstitutional and the quota for freedom fighter families should remain. Since courts in Bangladesh are very often managed by the government, many assume that the High Court was just doing the bidding of the government which did not really want the quota to be removed.

5. The High Court decision renewed the student protests taking place now which until recently were proceeding peacefully. However, on Monday they turned violent when the government decided to use both the police and its own party's student and youth wings to pacify the protests. This resulted in deaths of six people on Wednesday. Today, students tried to close down the whole country in protest at the killings.

6. Whilst these protests are about quotas, it is important to understand the context in which they are happening. Since 2009, there has been no fair contested elections in Bangladesh - since either the government systemically rigged the vote (2018) or the opposition has refused to take part in the vote due to fears of systemic rigging (2014, 2024) - and so the Awami League government, now in power for 15 years has very limited legitimacy, and people feel they have not been able to freely choose their government. The Awami League government has been able to get away with this as it is now deeply authoritarian , and is in total control of law enforcement authorities and the courts. There is therefore much simmering anger and resentment, which is reflected, arguably, in these protests.
https://t.co/I9WSAObsCN

[Fiona Lali @fiona_lali]

I am getting reports that 49 students have been killed in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) are indiscriminately attacking and firing at students. Several tanks and APCs (Armored personnel carriers) from Dhaka Cantonment were seen moving through city streets this afternoon.

#BangladeshiStudentsareinDanger
#bangladesh_quotha_movement
#SaveBangladeshiStudents

[Dr. Reetri @reetriprofen]

Bangladesh is completely out of Network. None of our friends have updated anything in the last hour. No one is active, no one has responded to any of our texts. #StarlinkforBangladesh

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Bangladesh shuts schools and universities after six killed in protests — in pictures https://t.co/V76stXm1I4

[Sami @ZulkarnainSaer]

Requesting @elonmusk to look into the ongoing issues in #Bangladesh, where the authoritarian government has completely disconnected the country from the rest of the world. All cellular networks and the internet have been shut down. Today, police violence resulted in the deaths of at least 32 people, most were students aged between 17-25. They were continuing a protest, demanding the reform of a highly controversial quota system.

I'm drawing your attention to the urgent need for a temporary @Starlink solution for the people in Bangladesh, as we believe the government is planning a major offensive operation tonight. Kindly provide some form of support so that the people in Bangladesh can regain connectivity with the rest of the world.

Your kind assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

[Fiona Lali @fiona_lali]

STUDENTS IN BANGLADESH ARE BEING ATTACKED. There is a total black out in the media. Internet cut off. The situation is critical. Huge support for all the brave students from East London tonight.
#SaveBangladeshiStudents

[Pinaki Bhattacharya @PinakiTweetsBD]

#Bangladesh has been cut off from all international communication. The authoritarian regime has shut down the cellular network and the internet. Fixed landlines are not working—it's a total blackout. @elonmusk please provide @Starlink services for Bangladeshi people who are faceing widespread violence by fascist regime.

[Fiona Lali @fiona_lali]

Students are being killed in Bangladesh, and many are injured for protesting the job quotas being imposed by the government. SOLIDARITY WITH THE PROTESTORS! Victory to the students!

[. @bengalielonmusk]

[THREAD]: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BANGLADESH RIGHT NOW ? 🇧🇩