Quota reform movement in World media

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16 Jul 2024, 12:25

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Students have been agitating for several days in a row to demand reform of quota in government jobs. So far this movement has been peaceful, but on Monday (July 15) when the BCL attacked, it turned into violence. Dhaka, Jahangirnagar, Chattogram University and several other university campuses turned into battlefields.

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Bangladeshi media has been reporting on this movement since the beginning, but when it turned violent on Monday, the world media forcefully started publishing reports.

On Monday (July 15) afternoon, Al Jazeera published a news headline titled 'At least 100 Bangladeshi students injured in government job quota protest' immediately after the BCL attack on the quota protesting students at Dhaka University.

According to Qatar-based media Al Jazeera, at least 100 people were injured in violent clashes between pro-Awami League and anti-quota protesters in Bangladesh's ruling party.

British news agency Reuters reported that more than 100 students were injured across Bangladesh on Monday in clashes between protesters and supporters of the ruling party demanding an end to the government job quota system. The news agency reported this information based on the speech of police and eyewitnesses.

This is the first time that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has faced major protests after winning the election last January and coming to power for the fourth consecutive term.

Police and witnesses said that thousands of anti-quota activists and members of the Awami League student organization clashed in universities across the country including Dhaka. At that time, they threw stones, sticks and iron rods at each other. Police officials said that students were injured in several campuses. Still, the protestors said that they will continue marching and protesting across the country to get their demands.

Meanwhile, British influential media BBC published a report five days ago about the ongoing quota reform movement. It is said that thousands of university students of Bangladesh are protesting against the quota system in government jobs. They are saying that the current quota system is discriminatory and they are demanding to reform it and hire on the basis of merit.

Turkish news agency 'Anadolu' reported the attack on quota reform activists on Tuesday (July 16). According to the news agency, hundreds of people were injured in the exchange of protesters loyal to the ruling party with the students agitating for the government job quota on the university campus of Bangladesh on Monday. The clash started when thousands of students gathered on the Dhaka University campus to protest Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's speech.

Dhaka Medical College (DMH) hospital emergency unit officer Mizanur Rahman said that 250 students have received treatment. 11 of them have been hospitalized.

Apart from this, there have been reports of clashes in Jahangirnagar, Chattogram, Rajshahi, Sylhet and other university campuses. Students of Dhaka's private university also joined the protest.

Asif Mahmud, one of the coordinators of the quota movement, told reporters that more than two hundred students were injured in the attack by the student body of the ruling party, Chhatra League.

However, Chhatra League president Saddam Hossain claimed that hundreds of their leaders and activists were injured in the attack by the protesting students.

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