At least 105 people have been killed in the protests, curfews have been imposed and the army has been deployed.

Friday was the 19th day of the protest movement that has turned into a confrontation with those in power.

A country in chaos. Bangladesh imposed a curfew on Friday, July 19, and deployed the army to maintain order, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s office told AFP, after several days of deadly student protests. It was the 19th day of a protest movement that has turned into a confrontation with those in power, with at least 105 people dead, according to an AFP tally from hospitals.

The demonstrators are protesting, among other things, against the quota system in the public service. “The protests are huge and perhaps the most serious challenge” The prime minister, who has been in power since 2009, has never confronted him, said Pierre Prakash, director of the Asia Crisis Group, based in Bangkok, Thailand. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, condemned the crackdown, and spoke of the attacks. “Shocking and particularly unacceptable.”

He said to himself “very worried” Due to reports that the authorities are deploying paramilitary units such as the Bangladesh Border Guards and the Rapid Action Battalion, “who have a long history of abuse” Human rights. On Friday alone, at least 52 people were killed in Dhaka, where protests have continued despite a ban on all public gatherings or meetings in the capital, according to an AFP count.

After closing schools and universities at the beginning of the week, the authorities also cut off the internet since Thursday and Friday. Official buildings were also “burn and vandalize” According to police, including the headquarters of the Bangladesh Broadcasting Corporation (BTV), where more than 700 people were injured, including 104 police officers and 30 journalists. A key opposition figure, Rohul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was also arrested on Friday, police said. Finally, a prison in the Narsingdi district was attacked by protesters on Friday.