Tremendous outpouring of support from Bangladeshi Texans at our State Capitol against the wrongdoing occurring in Bangladesh.
Good that Bangladesh's Supreme Court has belatedly reversed an earlier ruling that limited access to government jobs, but accountability and justice are needed.
How the Hasina's govt will investigate the deaths when infact she's responsible for all the killings.
@UNHumanRights , @IntlCrimCourt should look all the evidence and punish Hasina.
The last few days have been difficult for the people of #Bangladesh. I would like to start by mourning the loss of all innocent lives. PM #SheikhHasina's Govt is sincere in investigating all incidents of death, and has already formed a judicial commission, headed by a High Court judge, to investigate such incidents.
On the quota issue, the @albd1971 Govt and the #QuotaProtestors had almost identical positions to begin with. In 2018, PM #SheikhHasina abolished all quotas through a declaration. It was the High Court which cancelled the declaration. The Govt then appealed against the HC decision in the Appellate Division, and in the quickest possible time, got the HC ruling overturned. For days, the protests continued without any incident, under full cooperation of the govt.
How did such a peaceful movement turn into a campaign of arson, vandalism, violence, and looting?
Because, as usual, the #BNP-#JamaatEIslami clique used an essentially non-political and non-violent movement to wage a violent movement of their own.
Sensing the involvement of the vested quarter, the protestors themselves issued several statements disowning the violence and confirming that a third party is behind these acts with no relations to the protestors whatsoever.
In the last few days, these cowards (using the protests as a cover) carried out widespread violence terrorizing the people. They targeted law enforcement officials, journalists, public and pvt. transport and properties, important govt establishments, and KPIs.
There has also been widespread looting of public and private properties, wherever such opportunities arose. A jail was attacked, freeing all prisoners, and its arms looted.
It was only due to these unprecedented levels of violence that the govt took the drastic decision of deploying armed forces and imposing curfew on movement (temporarily only). This is because the govt is under a positive duty to prevent any further violence, safeguard public and private properties, and uphold the national security of the country.
Bangladesh’s PM Hasina is using the tyrant’s handbook with armed troops, digital blackout, and “shoot-on-sight” orders to crush student protestors. Bangladeshi Americans are blocked from determining safety of loved ones. Hasina must face consequences for the “busloads” of the dead on her hands.
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Dozens of protestors have been killed by Bangladeshi authorities in recent days. My constituents cannot reach their loved ones due to a government implemented communications blackout.
I call for an end to the blackout and de-escalation of violence against protestors.
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
#VantageOnFirstpost: At least 32 protesters have died in clashes with security personnel during the ongoing anti-quota stir. The protesters are demanding the cancellation of a 30% quota in government jobs for freedom fighters and their families. @Palkisu tells you
Whenever they tell you it can't be done in the modern age, show them Dresden.
What's been achieved in Dresden is the most inspiring architectural feat for decades. Everything you see in the bottom image was built, from scratch, in the last 20 years.
The city was a gem of German Baroque architecture, completely levelled by Allied bombings during WW2 - more than 80% of the buildings in the historic city center were either damaged or totally destroyed.
Heartbreakingly, the wonderful Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) lay in rubble for decades, under the East German communist regime which refused to rebuild it. It was left in a pile as a "memorial against war" for 50 years. When the Berlin Wall finally fell, the people endeavored to bring it back.
Work began in 1993 to piece the church back together, brick by brick; every stone in the pile was sorted and carried off to be analyzed. Except for the brand new dome, it was reconstructed using as much original stone as possible, to the exact specifications of the original (as much as could be pieced together from old photographs).
The work took 11 years, and in 2005, the Frauenkirche was reconsecrated - rising like a phoenix from the ashes. It was finished one year ahead of schedule and just in time for the city's 800-year anniversary celebrations.
In a remarkable gesture, the gilded orb and cross atop the new dome were crafted by an English goldsmith - whose father partook in the bombing of the city in 1945.