‘It’s war now’: As Bangladesh quota protests escalate, what’s next?

This Al Jazeera news article from July 19, 2024 covers the escalating anti-quota protests in Bangladesh, in which university students clashed violently with security forces and pro-government activists over a government job reservation system that allocates more than half of civil service positions to specific groups, including 30% reserved for descendants of 1971 independence war veterans. The main topics covered include the deadly violence that killed at least 39 people by Thursday (July 18), the government's imposition of a nationwide curfew and telecommunications blackout, the hacking of official government websites by a group called "THE R3SISTANC3," and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's response, which included ordering university closures and a judicial probe into the killings. The article also addresses the Supreme Court's suspension of the quota reinstatement pending an August 7 hearing, as well as international reactions from the US State Department, the United Nations, and Amnesty International, all of whom condemned the violence against protesters.

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