Bangladeshis dream of a better future after Hasina ousted
Al JazeeraOne day after the military took control of Bangladesh following the ouster of the prime minister, the parliament in the capital Dhaka was busy with protesters coming to celebrate. More than a month of deadly protests in which at least 422 people were killed culminated on Monday in the deadliest day of violence and the end of the “autocratic” rule of PM Sheikh Hasina, who fled by helicopter to India. “It’s the freedom of the young generation,” said student Parvez Hossain, 30, among the crowds in front of the building, which was empty of lawmakers after parliament was dissolved. “We want to build the country in a new way again.” The unrest began last month with student-led protests against civil service job quotas and escalated into mass demonstrations calling for Hasina, who had been in power since 2009, to quit. Bangladeshi rights groups, as well as US and European Union diplomats, said on Tuesday they were “very concerned” about reports of attacks on religious, ethnic and other minority groups.
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