カテゴリー: Protest
Documentary charts historic case of a community who sued arm of World Bank over a power plant’s impact on their livesEarly on in The Fisherman and the Banker, Ibrahim Saliman Manjalia, a charismatic fisher originally from Badreshwar, tells those gather…
As ex-prime minister has fled, relatives of protesters among 1,000 killed in crackdown pin hopes on international courtsShe may not have fired the gun but Mahabubar Rahman knows who killed Shoikot, his beloved only son. “Sheikh Hasina is the criminal r…
Documentary on the 2020-21 protests in India over three farm acts is interesting in patches, but doesn’t go anywhere unexpectedYou might suspect that documentaries like this – quietly didactic, discreetly partisan, yet dry enough to seem faintly journa…
Exclusive: Indigenous rights activist Michael Chakma is among the first to be released after the fall of Sheikh Hasina, but hundreds are still unaccounted forAfter more than five years, the family of Michael Chakma, one of Bangladesh’s “disappeared”, h…
Former PM and others accused over actions of police who fired on protesters, killing shop owner crossing streetA court in Bangladesh has ordered an investigation into the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s alleged role in the death of a grocery shop…
Student protesters who forced out Sheikh Hasina have put Muhammad Yunus and interim government on notice that the old politics cannot returnThe relief in Dhaka was palpable. “It feels good that finally we have educated people running our government,” s…
After 15 years in power, Bangladesh’s prime minister suddenly resigned and fled the country. Sheikh Hasina’s departure, which came after weeks of student-led protests that were met with deadly force, was greeted with jubilation on the streets of the ca…
Gen Z Bangladeshis say their protests may have ended but their duty to the nation persists, inspiring older compatriotsStudents are out in force on the streets of Dhaka, no longer protesting but working to put a city back together after the dramatic ev…
The sudden downfall of the world’s longest-serving female leader has ended one of South Asia’s most enduring political dynasties. But will Hasina’s legacy be huge development gains or rights abuses and alleged killings?The world’s longest-serving femal…
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and left the country amid some of the worst violence since the birth of the south Asian country more than 50 years ago. The country’s army chief, Waker-Uz-Zaman, announced he was assuming co…
Footage from a local broadcaster shows protesters looting the official residence of the prime minister in Bangladesh’s capital after news that the incumbent, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and fled the country. Some of the protesters could be seen carryin…
Country has been engulfed by protests that began in July after students demanded scrapping of quota system for government jobs Protesting students in Bangladesh have called for a march to the capital Dhaka in defiance of a nationwide curfew on Monday t…
Police in Bangladesh have arrested more than 10,000 people and banned a major opposition party as part of a crackdown on dissent after weeks of protests. The country has been in turmoil since a mass student movement began against quotas for government …
Military announces curfew and mobile internet access cut off as fresh wave of demonstrations erupts across countryDozens of people were killed and hundreds injured on Sunday as renewed anti-government protests swept across Bangladesh, with protesters c…
Student protests that began over government-job quotas have led to mass roundups, says families of detaineesBangladesh has arrested more than 10,000 people and banned a major opposition party as part of a crackdown on dissent after weeks of protests.Th…