Hello and welcome to Newsar from the BBC World Service coming to live from our

studios in Central London. I'm Julian Marshall.

What began in Bangladesh last month as protests against civil service job quotas has now hardened

into demands for the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign.

More than 20 people have been killed and dozens injured today as clash is eruptive between

police and anti-government protesters in the capital Dakaka and other parts of the country. Student leaders of call for a campaign of disobedience against the government urging people

not to pay taxes and utility bills. Shishti is a law student who's been taking part in the

protest. We voiced over his answers because of the poor quality of the telephone

line. We are protesting in one point demand.

We are protesting in one point demand, which is step down Hasina.

On the initial stage, we were protesting for the removal of the quota system but now it has turned into an anti-government movement

Our protest was very peaceful and nonviolent, but after some days the police killed our brother Abu Said in Rangpur and they

killed Muktao in Dhaka and they killed at least 1,000 people in all over the country.

So we're protesting against the unlawful killing and

there have been at least 10,000 people abducted by police and the paramilitary

forces. We're demanding justice. I mean there's been no independent verification of

your claims of the number of deaths and abductions. We are hearing these news from various sources and there has been no internet in Bangladesh

for at least seven days.

So the government wanted to hide the number. There has been

no internet and no social media sites like Facebook and what's up. The

government though has made concessions on quotas in civil service jobs but you and others are not

satisfied you're not satisfied with that we're not satisfied because it's too late it's too late

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