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Bangladesh: Stop Attacks on Student Protesters, Critics

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch statement on the 2018 road-safety protests, attacks on students, and targeting of journalists and critics.

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2018

A Year of Protest, Control, and Contested Legitimacy

In 2018, Bangladesh saw a compressed sequence of youth-led protest, legislative tightening, and electoral confrontation. The Quota Reform Movement and Safe Road Movement showed how students could rapidly organize around fairness, accountability, and everyday governance. The Digital Security Act then sharpened anxiety over speech and state power, while the 11th Parliamentary Election at the end of the year deepened debate over participation, legitimacy, and the future of democratic competition.

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Safe Road Movement

After two students were killed by a speeding bus in Dhaka on 29 July 2018, school and college students took to the streets demanding safer roads, lawful driving, and accountability in the transport sector. Their disciplined visibility, direct traffic monitoring, and nationwide resonance turned the movement into one of the year's most memorable youth-led civic moments.