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Bangladesh protesters issue demands amid shaky calm

A soldier stands guard near the parliament house amid a curfew in Dhaka on July 22, 2024 [Munir Uz Zaman/AFP]

Protesters in Bangladesh have issued demands amid a lull in the violence that has filled the streets in recent days after the government backed down on quotas on hiring for government jobs.

Student leaders said on Monday that they plan to continue demonstrations despite a decision by the Supreme Court the previous day scaling back the controversial job quota system that sparked the protests. A deadly government crackdown ahead of the ruling saw a reported 163 people killed, hundreds arrested, and thousands injured.

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