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Added on the 04/11/2023 13:38:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers stage violent protests to demand a near-tripling of their wages, shuttering hundreds of garment factories in the country. IMAGES
Bangladeshi garment workers in Dhaka demonstrate for the fifth day in a row to demand higher wages, following deadly clashes with police earlier in the week. IMAGES
A nationwide strike call by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party over the deadly violence on Saturday disrupts normal life in parts of the capital Dhaka. Many markets remain shuttered in the capital city and public transport is running thin in the bustling city following fresh incidents of arson, with riot police on high alert for signs of further violence. At least two people were killed on Saturday during the street demonstration by opposition parties to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow an interim government to oversee elections due by the end of January. IMAGES
Police clashed with protesters in a Dhaka hospital as they barricaded the ambulance carrying Sayedee's corpse demanding a funeral prayer in the capital. Sayedee died Monday in a prison hospital ten years after his conviction by a controversial war crimes court triggered the deadliest political violence in the country's history. IMAGES
Anti-government protesters take to the streets in Lima as protests against Dina Boluarte's government resume with a nationwide mobilization. IMAGES