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MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE. Soldiers stand guard at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, amid the anti-quota protests in Dhaka on Sunday. The court on July 21 pared back, but fell short of public demands to abolish, contentious civil service hiring rules that sparked nationwide clashes between police and university students that have killed 151 people. This week’s violence poses a monumental challenge to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic government after 15 years in office.
Earlier during the weekend, soldiers were patrolling Bangladeshi cities to quell growing civil unrest sparked by student demonstrations, with riot police firing on protesters who defied a government curfew. The curfew will remain in effect until at least 10:00 am Sunday, private broadcaster Channel 24 reported.
“At least 150 police officers were admitted to hospital. Another 150 were given first aid treatment,” he said, adding that two officers had been beaten to death.Staff at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital told AFP that two more police officers and nine others were killed on Saturday, while four people admitted to intensive care succumbed to their injuries.
Hasina had been due to leave the country on Sunday for a planned diplomatic tour but abandoned her plans after a week of escalating violence. Hasina’s government is accused by rights groups of misusing state institutions to entrench its hold on power and stamp out dissent, including by the extrajudicial killing of opposition activists.“It’s not about the rights of the students anymore,” business owner Hasibul Sheikh, 24, told AFP at the scene of the Rampura protest.
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