rioters bloc
5th July 2006, 09:17
this is a bit old but i haven't had a chance to put this up earlier
strikes happen quite frequently in bangladesh but lately they're being shut down with more violence than previously
according to my mum there are probably many more dead, but what the cops do is hide the bodies so it'll be a while before they're discovered.
Thousands clash with police in political protests
FARID HOSSAIN, Dhaka July 03 2006
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/65194.html
RIOT police clashed with thousands of demonstrators in Bangladesh yesterday, leaving a protester and a police officer dead.
Violence broke out in the capital Dhaka and a nearby town after opposition party supporters took to the streets to demand electoral reforms and the resignation of officials.
Police used batons and tear gas shells to battle mobs, who threw bricks and smashed commuter vehicles.
A protester died when he was hit by a tear gas shell in Dhaka's Mahakhali district.
At Sonargaon town, 20 miles east of Dhaka, a police officer died from head injuries after he was pelted with bricks thrown from a crowd of 5000 protesters.
Clashes were reported in a dozen other towns.
Police detained dozens of protesters.
The opposition alliance has urged its supporters to block nationwide public transportation, including trains and river ferries in the delta nation.
Protesters squatted on railroads to stop trains in several districts. Long-distance
buses also stopped.
The opposition alliance, led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been pressing for the ouster of the Chief Election Commissioner MA Aziz and his two aides, and for reforms ahead of the general election, due in January 2007.
The alliance accuses election officials of being loyal to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's government, and of trying to help ensure its victory in the next polls.
The alliance also alleges that the commission compiled an electoral roll that contains fake voters and excludes many known opposition supporters. Aziz and the government have denied the allegations.
Opposition parties plan a nationwide strike tomorrow to press their demands.
Zia has vowed to stay in power until her five-year term expires in October, when she is constitutionally required to hand over to a neutral caretaker administration that will supervise the polls.–AP
strikes happen quite frequently in bangladesh but lately they're being shut down with more violence than previously
according to my mum there are probably many more dead, but what the cops do is hide the bodies so it'll be a while before they're discovered.
Thousands clash with police in political protests
FARID HOSSAIN, Dhaka July 03 2006
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/65194.html
RIOT police clashed with thousands of demonstrators in Bangladesh yesterday, leaving a protester and a police officer dead.
Violence broke out in the capital Dhaka and a nearby town after opposition party supporters took to the streets to demand electoral reforms and the resignation of officials.
Police used batons and tear gas shells to battle mobs, who threw bricks and smashed commuter vehicles.
A protester died when he was hit by a tear gas shell in Dhaka's Mahakhali district.
At Sonargaon town, 20 miles east of Dhaka, a police officer died from head injuries after he was pelted with bricks thrown from a crowd of 5000 protesters.
Clashes were reported in a dozen other towns.
Police detained dozens of protesters.
The opposition alliance has urged its supporters to block nationwide public transportation, including trains and river ferries in the delta nation.
Protesters squatted on railroads to stop trains in several districts. Long-distance
buses also stopped.
The opposition alliance, led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been pressing for the ouster of the Chief Election Commissioner MA Aziz and his two aides, and for reforms ahead of the general election, due in January 2007.
The alliance accuses election officials of being loyal to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's government, and of trying to help ensure its victory in the next polls.
The alliance also alleges that the commission compiled an electoral roll that contains fake voters and excludes many known opposition supporters. Aziz and the government have denied the allegations.
Opposition parties plan a nationwide strike tomorrow to press their demands.
Zia has vowed to stay in power until her five-year term expires in October, when she is constitutionally required to hand over to a neutral caretaker administration that will supervise the polls.–AP