MANITOBAN SINCE 1914
August 21, 2024
VOL. 111, NO. 03
Protest on campus ensues following violence against students in Bangladesh
photo / Zulkifl Rafah / staff
Milan Lukes and Virinder Singh, staff A protest ensued at the U of M Fort Garry campus on July 18 following the escalation of violence in Bangladesh. Large-scale protests demanding for quota system reform commenced in Bangladesh on July 1 which escalated to violence on July 15. Members of the Bangla-
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desh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling party, “attacked student protestors… armed with rods, sticks, and clubs, and with some brandishing firearms,” according to a report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). “These attacks were report-
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edly not prevented by the police, nor publicly discouraged by the government,” read the report. The quota system was implemented in Bangladesh following its independence in 1971 and pertains to civil service jobs. At the time of the U of M
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campus protest, 30 per cent of civil service jobs in Bangladesh were reserved for children and grandchildren of freedom fighters – those that served in the Bangladesh Liberation War. Additionally, the quota reserved 10 per cent of jobs for women, 10 per cent for underdeveloped districts, five
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per cent for minorities and one per cent for those with disabilities. As a result of the quota system, 56 percent of civil service jobs were reserved for various groups. Conversely, 44 per cent of all civil service jobs Cont’d p. 6 /could
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