(22 Jul 2024)
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London – 22 July 2024
1. Protesters chanting
2. Protesters gathered on Trafalgar Square
3. Pan from protesters chanting behind a banner reading (English) “Justice for Victims UK” to people across Trafalgar Square
4. Group storming into square
5. General Secretary of Bangladesh National Party (BNP) in UK Mohammed Abdul Hussein holding a placard reading (English) "Killer Hasina Step Down – Stop killing Bangladeshi students"
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed Abdul Hussein, General Secretary of BNP in UK:
"The dictator government right now, for the last 12 years, they just kept power, you know. One famous lady (Sheikh Hasina), three times prime minister. They’re putting the false case against her (former premier Khaleda Zia) and she’s on house arrest last 10 years."
7. Protester standing next to Abdul Hussein holding placard reading (English) “Killer Hasina step down” and “Cut the drama, count the dead body”
8. Wide of protest at Trafalgar Square
STORYLINE:
Protesters in the UK came out in support of Bangladeshi citizens on Monday, with a large group gathering at Trafalgar Square in the heart of London.
Bangladesh remained without internet for a fifth day and the government declared a public holiday Monday, as authorities maintained tight control despite apparent calm following a court order that scaled back a controversial system for allocating government jobs.
This comes after a curfew with a shoot-on-sight order was installed days earlier and military personnel could be seen patrolling the capital and other areas.
"The government right now, for the last 12 years, they just kept power," said Mohammed Abdul Hussein, General Secretary of the Bangladeshi National Party section in UK’
The South Asian country witnessed clashes between the police and mainly student protesters demanding an end to a quota that reserved 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971.
The violence has killed more than a hundred people, according to at least four local newspapers. Authorities have not so far shared official figures for deaths.
AP video shot by Simona Bartocci
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