(5 Sep 2024)
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Dhaka, Bangladesh – 5 September 2024
1. Various of students and protesters during rally, chanting and waving flags
2. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Shohagi Akter, student:
“We took to the streets, so the supreme sacrifice of the martyrs does not go in vain. We will never allow the sacrifice made by our brothers to be in vain. We cannot give away the second liberation that was earned through bloodshed. We will remain vigilant so that no one can snatch away this second liberation."
3. Various of student and protesters marching, chanting slogans and waving banners and flags
4. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Ronju Islam Roni, student:
“We will strongly resist any ill moves or tactics that could thwart our new liberation. We, the young generation, have united, and we will come together in the future whenever any call is made. We, the students, will rise against any form of injustice, discrimination, or fascist government.”
5. Wide of students chanting, carrying giant Palestinian flag
6. Student marching, chanting and carrying flags
STORYLINE:
Thousands of students and others rallied on Thursday in Bangladesh’s capital to mark one month since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power by a mass uprising initially led by students over a quota system for government jobs.
Hasina fled to India on August 5 after weeks of violence left more than 600 people dead, including students.
The uprising ended the 15-year-rule of the country’s longest-serving prime minister who began a fourth consecutive term in January following an election boycotted by the major opposition parties, who questioned the credibility of the electoral process.
The central procession, styled as a “shaheedi march” or "procession for the martyrs” began from the Dhaka University campus and marched through streets.
In addition to the many Bangladeshi flags, some participants carried a giant Palestinian flag.
Tens of thousands joined rallies across the Muslim-majority nation of 170 million people.
Thursday’s development came as Bangladesh was returning to normalcy after the protests, despite challenges such as a struggling economy.
An interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who had a frosty relationship with Hasina for many years, has prioritized law and order to stabilize the country.
Yunus in an interview with the Press Trust of India, or PTI, news agency released Thursday said that Hasina should stay quiet, and that her political remarks from India are an “unfriendly gesture.”
The protesters and other opponents of Hasina want her and her associates to stand trial for mass killings during the demonstrations that began in July.
AP video shot by: El Emrun Garjon
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