Bangladesh: Nearly 100 arrests as pall of fear descends on civil society
(WorldNews Politics)

18 August 2018 The Bangladeshi authorities must end the crackdown on protests that has swept up nearly 100 people, Amnesty International said today. Two weeks after thousands of school students came out on to the streets of Dhaka, demanding safer roads after two students were killed by a speeding bus, a pall of fear has descended on civil society with protestors being subject to intense surveillance online and arbitrary arrests. `The Bangladeshi authorities must end this crackdown and release all protestors who were peacefully exercising their human rights. The students were overwhelmingly peaceful, and only a tiny minority of people were involved in violence. Their actions must not...