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And they say they were raided. we know that two senior figures in the party were arrested and detained yesterday, including the official who is responsible for organising today's rally. supporters of the opposition accuse the government of stifling free speech, they say what has been happening this week is just the latest example of what they say has been happening for years. under the prime ministership of sheikh hasina and her awami league party. the government, on the other hand, denies the accusations. i spoke to the foreign minister this week, he said that bangladesh was a beacon of democ...

The level of oppression just yet, they want to prevent people from accessing the protest sites so the public presence will no longer be viewed by the public but there is clearly censorship regime being unleashed to spread, prevent the spread of videos online and an information blockade is the first to play will take but whether they will unleash further crackdowns and arrests and widen the net of restrictions that won't remain to be seen in the coming days. as we can see from the images many young people are taking a stand, economically how hard is it with the moment, how is it hitting them? ï...

For hours to get to the protest sites, and the numbers that turned up were quite amazing. and i mean, it was peaceful until the evening today, many were just on the streets demanding for change. so very, very remarkable in this sense. and there was this excitement and hope that this change will transfer into something positive in sri lanka. now what happened in the evening, with the torching of the prime minister's private residence raises a lot of questions and needs to be looked into. but it raises this fundamental question whether the law and order situation is even under control. so there'...

And so, there remains a lot of questions and uncertainty as to what happens next. the last few months, people have been protesting for change purely because they've been really facing difficulties, in terms of getting essential items, the long queues to get fuel — i mean, it's become the norm now to see vehicles, people staying and sleeping in vehicles to get fuel, and that ranges from 3—4 days sometimes. today was quite remarkable in terms of the numbers that turned up, in a context where people don't have fuel to travel in vehicles. so, many actually walked for hours to get to the protes...

Of questions and uncertainty as to what happens next. the last few months, people have been protesting for change, purely because they've been really facing difficulties, in terms of getting essential items, the long queues to get fuel — the power cuts. i mean, it's become the norm now to see vehicles, people staying and sleeping in vehicles to get fuel, and that ranges from 3—4 days sometimes. today was quite remarkable in terms of the numbers that turned up, in a context where people don't have fuel to travel in vehicles. so, many actually walked for hours to get to the protest sites, an...