{"id":6399,"date":"2024-08-06T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=6399"},"modified":"2024-08-06T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:00:24","slug":"world-reacts-to-bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasinas-removal-from-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=6399","title":{"rendered":"World reacts to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina\u2019s removal from power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hasina was forced to resign and flee the country after weeks of deadly anti-government protests.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bangladesh\u2019s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned<\/a> and fled the country after weeks of protests against her government in which hundreds of people were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hasina, 76, quit on Monday after last month\u2019s student-led protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a popular call for her removal in the worst political crisis to hit during her 15-year rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As tens of thousands of people surrounded government offices and residences in the capital, Dhaka, Hasina fled in an army helicopter with her sister to India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an address to the nation, Bangladesh\u2019s army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced that an interim government<\/a> would run the country of 170 million people, without providing details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some reactions to Hasina\u2019s removal from power and the unrest in the country:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the main opposition party who lives in exile in the United Kingdom, said on X that \u201cHasina\u2019s resignation proves the power of the people\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cTogether, let\u2019s rebuild Bangladesh into a democratic and developed nation, where the rights and freedoms of all people are protected,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

United Kingdom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s spokesperson said his office was concerned by the violence and the \u201csignificant loss of life, including of students, children and law enforcement officers\u201d, saying it was \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe right to peaceful protest must be protected and never subject to violence and we call on the authorities to release all peaceful protesters and ensure due process is followed for those charged and prosecuted,\u201d according to a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: \u201cThe people of Bangladesh deserve a full and independent UN-led investigation into the events of the past few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Whitechapel, a London neighbourhood home to a large Bangladeshi community, many took to the streets to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waving their national flag and honking car horns, they chanted: \u201cBangladesh! Bangladesh!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBangladesh has achieved its second independence now,\u201d said Abu Sayem, 50. \u201cWe actually got our independence first in 1971, but autocrat Sheikh Hasina was ruling the country forcibly. She has snatched away our rights. She has killed thousands of children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taxi driver Ishtiaque Choudhury said: \u201cIt is a relief for us and I\u2019m happy for my nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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