In Bangladesh, quota protesters have announced a countrywide non-cooperation movement from Sunday in protest against the recent killings and to press home their nine-point demand. They will also stage demonstrations across the country on Saturday. Two coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement announced their fresh program on their various social media platforms on Friday.
The coordinators of the Students Movement against Discrimination on Friday also called upon the countrymen to make the all-out non-cooperation movement a success being organised at roads and lanes, and wards.
After nearly two weeks, violence again erupted on friday at various places across the country in which two people lost their lives and many got injured. Clashes took place between protesters and personnel of law enforcement agencies and party workers of ruling Awami League in Dhaka, Sylhet, Khulna, Chittagong and Noakhali during processions of the “student movement against discrimination”.
Meanwhile, Journalists have given a 48-hour ultimatum demanding justice for the murders of journalists who were killed while covering the quota reform movement last month. During a human chain held on Friday afternoon in the capital, speakers made this demand under the banner of ‘Demand for Media Workers’ Safety.’
On Friday evening, ruling Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said at a press conference in Dhaka that the law enforcement agencies have been instructed not to harass or detain the students unnecessarily. He also accused that even after fulfilling the students’ demand for quota reform, a vested quarter is continuing an ill-effort to gain interest by playing the government-versus-students game.
By Navalsang Parmar (Dhaka)