[🇧🇩] In Bangladesh, A Violent 'Student Revolution' is on بنگلہ دیش میں انقلاب

[Bilal9]

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BNP and Jamaat are just trying to make hay out of this.

BNP will be just as corrupt an administration, if not more (as past experience shows), not sure about Jamaat.

All these parties need new leadership and fresh blood, and a coalition NDA govt. will be best to govern the country in the future.

 

[Bilal9]

Is your knowledge of Zia based on hearsay or an actual detailed documented study? These are two different things that shaped your perception.

Conversations with actual retired Bangladesh Army leadership. Detailed documented studies aren't available AFAIK, just sharing my opinion. If you have them (leaked MI5, CIA or NSA memos from that time) then please share them of course.

 

[Old School]

Conversations with actual retired Bangladesh Army leadership. Detailed documented studies aren't available AFAIK, just sharing my opinion. If you have them (leaked MI5, CIA or NSA memos from that time) then please share them of course.

I know Zia better than Mrs. Khaleda Zia, which is more than any retiree officer you can get. I am also old enough to see his regime first hand.

 

[Old School]

The Late Barrister Moudud Ahmed worked long with Ziaur Rehman and wrote many valuable books in English. Many of Zia's course mates, fellow officers, and other political partners also wrote many books. Try reading some. You don't need the CIA archive to know him. Casual off-and-on talks with a few people who themselves are not that knowledgeable in subject matters get you nowhere in critical analysis, as we do here, unlike Facebook pages. Someone has to dedicate considerable time to get many crucial details, which is not everyone's cup of tea. I am sure you never asked those people in detail if they knew how Zia formulated his modus operandi over all those years.
I used to run a military discussion forum 20 years ago. To become a member, you had to pass a questionary test. It was not open to casual discussions.

 

[Bilal9]

Saturday and Sunday update from Netra News - I have edited out the gory pictures:

Bloody Saturday in besieged Bangladesh — all day's news

As of Saturday, at least 138 people have been killed in the ongoing protests in Bangladesh.

Netra News

July 21st 2024


Many people took part in anti-government protests in Bangladesh by breaking the curfew. At least 25 more people were killed in the government's brutal response to these protests. As a result, the total number of dead has reached 138 by Saturday night local time.

Netra News correspondents involved in covering the protests in Bangladesh on the ground say that the actual death toll could be much higher, as it was possible to collect data from only a limited number of hospitals.

The police opened fire on the protesters at various places. At least three people were killed and 16 injured in police firing in Savar on the outskirts of the capital. According to information received from the hospital, all the victims died of gunshot wounds.

In the early days of the movement, the bodies of the dead were seen bearing numerous rubber bullet wounds, but recent photographs of the bodies obtained by Netra News have revealed fresh bullet wounds.

Bodies of protest victims kept on the floor of Dhaka Medical College, 20 July, Dhaka. Photo: Pradayak / Netra News

Most of the dead bodies are now being handed over to relatives or to small local hospitals, our correspondents said.

Usually the bodies of those killed in police incidents are brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. But as the number of dead bodies is increasing, the hospital authorities are finding it difficult to handle the situation.

Meanwhile, the police refused to give the death toll. Police gave the death toll to journalists at Dhaka Medical College Hospital till yesterday. But since Saturday, they refused to give the information. Hospital staff also declined to give an official death toll.

<picture edited>Collage photo of some people killed in protests in different parts of Bangladesh on July 19 and 20: Pradayak / Netra News

The ongoing curfew in Bangladesh is considered to be a political decision. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the curfew after a meeting with leaders of the 14-party alliance on Friday night. Although the army was deployed, they were not seen to take a strong role in enforcing the curfew. Army personnel with rifles and APCs have been seen patrolling the streets of Dhaka, but there have been no reports of them firing on protesters so far.

Meanwhile, the government has declared a two-day national holiday on Sunday and Monday.

The law and order situation deteriorated across the country on Friday and Saturday. A former mayor of Gazipur's Awami League strongman was attacked by protesters and seriously injured. His bodyguard was killed in the same incident.

In Narayanganj, thousands of protesters attacked the seven-story highway police building. A police inspector said that 34 policemen had to be rescued by sending a helicopter.

At least 826 prisoners escaped from a prison in Narsingdi on Friday. About 12,000 people attacked the jail with batons, hockey sticks, rods and chapatis (machetes). Protesters also set fire to three police barracks.

Around 4,000 protesters stormed a police outpost in Rangpur, blocking the premises until 10am on Friday. Three protesters were killed there.

Netra News reporters also reported that the writ petition filed against an order of the High Court Division against the cancellation of quota will soon come up for hearing in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. The ongoing protests started from the order of the High Court. It is expected that the highest court of the country will cancel the quota, as Hasina has already hinted.

Meanwhile, at least four student leaders, including Nahid Islam, one of the main coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, have been arrested. He has been released since then with injuries and is being treated at a hospital.

Nurul Haque Noor, who led the anti-quota movement in government jobs in 2018, was also arrested.

Anti-discrimination movement coordinators say several leaders are under pressure from intelligence agencies to settle with the government.

Senior BNP leaders Nazrul Islam Khan and Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury were also detained from their homes. Harun-or-Rashid, head of Dhaka's detective police, told a TV channel that at least 70 BNP activists have been arrested so far.

Meanwhile, BNP chief Khaleda Zia's doctor Zahidur Rahman, has rejected rumors that she was on life support, said that her physical condition was stable. She was admitted to a cabin at Evercare Hospital CCU facilities.

 

[Bilal9]

The Late Barrister Moudud Ahmed worked long with Ziaur Rehman and wrote many valuable books in English. Many of Zia's course mates, fellow officers, and other political partners also wrote many books. Try reading some.

Sure thing @Old School bhai. I am guessing you are fluent in reading and writing Bengali as well?

 

[Old School]

Sure thing @Old School bhai. I am guessing you are fluent in reading and writing Bengali as well?

Yes, I do. My father was in the Navy, and we were in Chittagong before 1971.

 

[Bilal9]

[H1]Scenes from a besieged city[/H1]
Photos from July 18th to July 20th: A Netra News photographer on the ground in Dhaka has been documenting the ongoing student protests and the government's brutal crackdown against the protesters.

Netra News
July 21st 2024

July 19th — Graffiti: "Are you going to hold a dialogue with dead bodies?"

July 18th — Hundreds of protesters on the streets of Dhaka clash with the police.

July 19th — A RAB helicopter flying over a group of protesters in Dhaka. Netra News reporters witnessed indiscriminate firing from such helicopters that have been deployed to quell the protests.

July 19th — An injured man being taken to the emergency ward at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where Netra News reporters saw hundreds of injured men, women and children seeking treatment after being attacked by the police.

July 19th — An injured man being taken to the emergency ward at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where Netra News reporters saw hundreds of injured men, women and children seeking treatment after being attacked by the police.

July 19th — A man mourning for his loved one in front of the emergency ward at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where Netra News reporters saw hundreds of injured men, women and children seeking treatment after being attacked by the police.

July 20th — Army deployed on the streets of Dhaka to enforce a nationwide curfew.

July 20th — Army deployed on the streets of Dhaka to enforce a nationwide curfew.

July 20th — Army deployed on the streets of Dhaka to enforce a nationwide curfew.

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