Bangladesh protests (2022–2023)
Opposition protests against Bangladesh government from December 2022 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anti-government protests broke out in Bangladesh on 10 December 2022.[1] The protests were initiated by the Bangladeshi opposition, which vowed to continue protests despite "autocratic" crackdown.
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Date | 10 December 2022–present | ||
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In December 2022, Tens of thousands marched in Dhaka demanding the resignation of Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina.[2] The protests were linked to rising commodity costs and inflation as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More violence escalated during October and November 2023, resulting in 2 killed on 28 October,[3] while political violence gripped the country as election loomed.[4]