Property from which Sheikh Hasina’s father declared break from Pakistan attacked due to link with authoritarianism
have taken out their anger at exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina by destroying a family home that came to symbolise the country’s independence – and now, they say, the authoritarianism they believe she stood for.The house in the capital, Dhaka, had been home to Hasina’s late father and Bangladesh’s independence leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who declared the country’s formal break from Pakistan there in 1971. He was assassinated in the property in 1975.
“They do not have the power to destroy the country’s independence with bulldozers. They may destroy a building, but they won’t be able to erase the history,” Hasina said in response during her speech, even as the demolition continued. Many of the protesters chanted slogans demanding Hasina’s execution for hundreds of deaths during last year’s uprising against her. The uprising was among the country’s worst unrest since independence. Hasina urged a UN investigation into the deaths.The country’s leading English-language publication, the Daily Star, reported early on Thursday that a wave of attacks overnight targeted several houses and businesses belonging to Hasina’s Awami League supporters.
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