Bangladeshi students want leaders freed

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 29, 2024 12:13 am

DHAKA — A student group in Bangladesh on Sunday has vowed to resume protests that triggered a deadly police crackdown and nationwide unrest unless several of their leaders are released from custody.

Last week's violence killed at least 205 people, according to an AFP count of police and hospital data, in one of the biggest upheavals of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year tenure.

TIGHT SECURITY Bangladeshi soldiers stand guard near the country’s Secretariat as the curfew is relaxed after the anti-quota protests in Dhaka on July 27, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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