Sheikh Hasina’s fall—following escalating clashes between police and protesters—is only the first step in what will no doubt be a bitter reconciliation process for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed at the 25th International Conference on the Future of Asia, in Tokyo on May 30, 2019.resigned Monday under pressure from the military following escalating clashes between police and anti-government protesters that resulted in at least 300 deaths, including
“Prime Minister Sheik Hasina has resigned and an interim government will run the country,” army chief General Waker-uz-Zaman told the nation. He added there was no more need for a curfew or state of emergency at present but urged protesters to return home. Until the end, Hasina, 76, had been defiant, leading commentators to assume that her departure was effectively a coup d’etat. In comments following a meeting with security chiefs, she insisted demonstrators were “not students but terrorists who are out to destabilize the nation.
The U.N. had already raised objections to vehicles emblazoned with its insignia being used to target protesters, prompting calls to ban the Bangladesh military from the bloc’s peacekeeping missions, further alienating its top brass. On Sunday, the U.N.
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