Bangladesh Student Protests
Dhaka, August 21, 2007: Dozens of students and police have been injured in two days of rioting on university campuses in Bangladesh.
The student protests were triggered by a dispute between students and soldiers earlier Monday during a soccer match on the campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital.
Clashes resumed Tuesday when police tried to break up more than 500 students demanding the army withdraw from the campus.
The unrest spread to other nearby campuses, where students boycotted classes and took to the streets shouting anti-government slogans, halting traffic and damaging dozens of vehicles.
Fast Facts
- The violence took place in three universities in or near the capital Dhaka, as well as in the southern city of Chittagong and Kushtia in the west.
- Protests and street assemblies have been banned since the country's military-backed interim government took power on January 12 after months of political violence.
- The campus unrest was the first major defiance of the government restrictions.
- As of Wednesday, August 22nd, the government has imposed an indefinite curfew.
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