(15 Aug 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dhaka, Bangladesh – 15 August 2024
1. Wide of students along with other protesters gathered in front of the house of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s father and independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
2. Various of army and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel guarding the house
3. Various of protesters beating and tying up Hasina’s supporters who attempted to go reach the site
4. Various of protesters blocking a public bus
5. Mid of protesters blocking a rickshaw and checking the mobile phone of a woman who allegedly trying to take video footage of the area
6. Various of protesters guarding the road in front of Rahman’s house with sticks
7. Various of protesters rallying and chanting near the Shahbagh area, some of them waving Bangladeshi flags
8. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Sarjis Alam, a key organizer of the student protests:
"They (the ruling party men) are hatching a conspiracy against the people and students to try and greedily take power. So we, the students and people who waged a mass upsurge with the sacrifice of thousands of people and brought new independence, will sacrifice more lives if we need to but we will not allow this counter upsurge. As soon as we found out about this conspiracy, we took to the streets and we are now making our stand."
9. Various of protesters marching with Bangladeshi flags, UPSOUND: chanting (Bangla) "slap the cheeks of murderer Hasina with shoes rhythmically," "we want Sheikh Hasina to be hanged," and "my brother is in the grave, why is the killer out there free?”
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of student protesters and political activists in Bangladesh, armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods and pipes, on Thursday, assaulted supporters of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The student protesters were preventing Hasina’s supporters from reaching the house of her father, the assassinated independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the capital Dhaka.
They manhandled many and checked the visitors’ phones and identity cards while threatening journalists for filming the incidents at the scene, witnesses said.
The house, now called Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, was torched by the protesters hours after Hasina’s downfall on Aug. 5.
Hasina had asked supporters earlier this week to “pray for the salvation of all souls by offering floral garlands and praying” outside the museum, in her first public statement since her fall.
The protesters said they were out to stop the gathering of Hasina’s supporters as they could attempt to create chaos in the name of commemoration.
"They (the ruling party men) are hatching a conspiracy against the people and students to try and greedily take power," said Sarjis Alam, a key organizer of the student protests.
"As soon as we found out about this conspiracy, we took to the streets and we are now making our stand," he added.
Student protesters have been demanding Hasina stand trial for the killings during the weeks-long violence and cases have already been filed against her and other close party colleagues and top police officials.
More than 300 people were killed in unrest that started in July with protests against a quota system for government jobs that later morphed into a movement against what was considered Hasina’s increasingly autocratic administration. The uprising eventually forced Hasina to leave office and flee to India, ending her 15-year rule.
Yunus took over as the interim leader. Sixteen people, including two student protest leaders and others, drawn mainly from civil society, have been included in the interim Cabinet.
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