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Bangladesh authorities detain student protest leaders in hospital

Soldiers in an armoured vehicle on patrol in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka [File: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Bangladeshi authorities have taken three student leaders, who helped coordinate rallies against government job quotas, from a hospital following days of deadly nationwide protests and state-imposed curfews and communication blocks.

Officers reportedly forced the discharge of three leaders of the Students Against Discrimination movement from the Gonoshasthaya Kendra hospital in the capital, Dhaka, on Friday.

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