Bangladesh has enforced a nationwide curfew to quash student-led protests against government job quotas, with the military and police patrolling the streets of the capital, Dhaka https://t.co/7pIxpUEQRA
BANGLADESH 🇧🇩 : The Government must immediately overturn the curfew with a ‘shoot on sight’ order that grants excessive powers to the security forces.
The curfew must be urgently lifted, and all the people detained or arrested solely for exercising their right to protest peacefully should be immediately and unconditionally released.
The authorities are obligated under international law to always exercise restraint and use no more force than is strictly necessary, proportionate and lawful in response to any escalation they may face. #SaveBangaldeshiStudents #ProtectTheProtest
Disturbing images from Dhaka, photographed yesterday in Bangladesh's capital, show a youth lying lifeless in a pool of blood, appearing to have been shot in the head. Security personnel, who might have shot him, roamed callously around the scene.
📷 Mohammad Sayed
Updates from Bangladesh:
Defying the curfew, protesters have taken to the streets at several locations in Bangladesh. Eyewitnesses in Dhaka have claimed, 'Military helicopters are patrolling certain areas, and despite the military presence, people are gathering at different locations. There are noises of loud sirens; it's like a civil war situation.' Some television channels operating from Bangladesh are attempting to spread propaganda in favor of Hasina's government, but without much success.
I covered Bangladesh and Hasina for the @TheEconomist for fifteen years. This is perhaps the most awful and fateful decision I have seen her take. #Bangladesh
#Bangladesh: @volker_turk calls for accountability after reports of deadly violence.
All sides must exercise restraint & security forces must ensure that use of force is in line with international human rights law.
Engaging young population is best and only way forward.
BRAKING NEWS🇧🇩:
Dictator Hasina hired terrorists from outlying districts to the capital Dhaka to carry out massacres on students today. Mobile internet has been stopped in Bangladesh since last night. Today the whole country has announced a shutdown by the student society of Bangladesh. The student society has announced closure of all vehicles and shops. The government's terror arm is the police and the Chhatra League. We are drawing the attention of the whole world to this.
#BangladeshiStudentsareinDanger #Bangladeshstudentprotest #Bangladesh #QuotaReform #QuotaMovement #stepdownHaseena #AllEyesOnDhakaUniversity
Benar News is now reporting that 63 people were killed today in Bangladesh. Would be really useful for someone to start putting together a verified list of names of those who have been killed, and the circumstances (as far as one knows at the moment), in which the death took place. https://t.co/1rW16NcIoN
I’m deeply concerned by the ongoing violence in Bangladesh.
The ongoing loss of life – including attacks on student protesters – is troubling and unacceptable.
Democratic freedoms and the rule of law are essential and must be respected.
BANGLADESH 🇧🇩: The rising death toll is a shocking indictment of the absolute intolerance shown by the Bangladeshi authorities to protest and dissent. The unlawful force used against protesters shows a callous disregard for the right to life and an abject failure by law enforcement officials to uphold their obligations under domestic and international human rights law.
The law enforcement agencies must immediately end their unlawful use of lethal force against protesters and ensure that the right of people to peaceful assembly is guaranteed in law and practice. #ProtectTheProtest #SaveBangladeshiStudents
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