Bangladesh is under a nationwide curfew and internet blackout after a weekend of violent

clashes between security forces and protesters.

Almost 300 people have died with thousands more injured.

The protests have grown into a national movement against Prime Minister Sheikh

Hasina and her increasingly autocratic rule.

Ali Rogan has more.

In Bangladesh, protests over a government jobs policy ignited a broader movement against the country's long time leader.

Yes, I want to step down, Sheikh Hatina.

Protesters say Sheikh Hasina's violent crackdown is destroying her image and legacy tied to the

birth of the nation itself.

We want the government to resign.

We want to go back to the Golden Times we had in the past.

Student protests began in mid-July against a government workforce quota system which reserves some jobs for veterans of the country's 1971 war for independence and their families.

Hosina responded with violence, imposing an internet blackout and curfew with security forces

given an order to shoot on site.

The government reduced the quota after demonstrations began, but the protests had already expanded to calls

for justice for those killed in the crackdown, a toll now exceeding 200.

They are killing people indiscriminately, people are being jailed,

people are being tortured.

At the same time, you are seeing the courage of the people of Bangladesh who have decided they will not

sit down, they will not go down without afraid.

Haseena and the quota system are part of Bangladesh's founding story.

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