The Battle for Bangladesh: Fall of Sheikh Hasina - BBC World Service Documentaries
This BBC World Service documentary investigates the political uprising in Bangladesh that led to the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024. It examines the protests that began in July 2024 over Bangladesh's discriminatory job quota system, which reserved 30% of government positions for families of independence war veterans, and how those protests escalated into a broader revolution against Hasina's 15-year authoritarian rule. The documentary focuses specifically on the violent government crackdown in the Jatrabari neighborhood of Dhaka, where police fired 2,444 live rounds and 695 assault rifle rounds at protesters, killing at least 52 people in a single day. Using leaked recordings, internal police documents, and eyewitness accounts, the film investigates who ordered the lethal force, with evidence pointing to direct orders from Sheikh Hasina herself. The key turning point covered is the killing of 23-year-old student Abu Sayed on July 16, which went viral and transformed the protests into a mass uprising, ultimately culminating in the "March for Dhaka" on August 5, after which Hasina fled the country by helicopter to a military airport as the army informed her they could no longer protect her residence from the advancing crowds.
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