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Bangladesh PM Hasina ousted, army announces formation of interim gov’t (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

This happened 30 minutes ago and details may change rapidly over the next few hours. See the link above. I'm not in Bangladesh. I hear that people in the country are relieved, and cautiously optimistic.

Key points:

PM has resigned
local media reports she fled the country
protestors stormed her compound
interim government is being created

Statement by Chief of Army Staff

representatives from all major parties were present in discussions for interim government
army will begin investigations on all deaths and crimes during the protest. This should include the extrajudicial killings

Concerns

fear of violence against the supporters of the ruling party

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also worth pasting Al Jazeera's timeline of events before it gets pushed way too down via updates:

Timeline: How the unrest began

• Students began protesting last month when a controversial government job quota system that favoured children of war veterans was reinstated by the High Court.
• The government responded by shutting down universities and using the police and military to crack down on protesters.
• Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina imposed a nationwide curfew and cut off access to phones and the internet.
• Some 200 people, mostly students, were killed. Thousands were arrested.
• On July 21, Bangladesh’s top court stepped in, ruling that the quotas should be scaled back from 30 percent to 5 percent, with 3 percent for relatives of veterans.
• Last week, demonstrations resumed with protesters issuing new demands, including bringing justice and accountability for those killed and for Hasina to step down.
• The prime minister had pledged a strong response, calling the demonstrators criminals and saboteurs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Thank you

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the summary!