turning to some other news now Bangladesh has been gripped by another day of protest despite universities agreeing to a government request to shut their doors indefinitely the move was hoped to lower the temperature of the student-led protests but in DCA where six people have already lost their lives sadness quickly turned to anger and violence students in Taka M their dead classmates but police forcibly dispersed a funeral ceremony and stepped up efforts to contain weeks of raes demanding equal access to public sector jobs we were returning after the funeral they said off sound grenades blasted homemade explosives and lobed tear gas at us what is the reason for all of this if the administration doesn't want to cooperate how will the protests remain peaceful the government has ordered schools and universities to close indefinitely days of protests leave six people dead and many more injured protesters and students loyal to the ruling party awami League attacked each other with bricks and bamboo rods prime minister she Hina ensured culprits will be held accountable regardless of their political affiliation I firmly declare that those who carry carried out murders looting and violence whoever they are I will make sure that they will be given the appropriate punishment angered by high youth unemployment the students are pushing for Nationwide protests they are demanding the abolition of a Cota system that reserves some public sector jobs for the relatives of War veterans they can make their decisions after killing us we're ready to die right now if they want to kill us they can do it we wanted to talk but now they will have to make their decisions once we're dead as the situation remains tense rots groups and the United Nations have urged Bangladesh to protect peaceful protesters from all acts of violence and deadly use of force I DW reporter B Javit here with me in the studio for more on this story B give us some background here why have we seen these protests turn so violent um CLA Amnesty International says that they have um authenticated and analyzed eyewitnesses account videos photographic evidence that confirms that unlawful police violence was used uh on the protesters and that uh the police failed to ensure protection of the students um Witnesses have also confirmed to uh Amnesty International that there is a multi-year pattern of Violence by this group Bangladesh chhatra leag which is a student body affiliated with the government and they say that they have seen the uh the eyewitnesses say that their members had armed with rods sticks clubs some were even holding revolvers and they did not discriminate between men and women they attacked all students we also spoke to uh one of the main organizers of these protests movement um ASF mmud let's have a listen to what he said Bangladesh's government has used its agitators and security forces to attack our peaceful demonstrations so far we've been told of 10 deaths and we've been facing massive attacks for the last 3 days protesters are being killed even at the time I was recording this video students from our private universities were protesting bullets were fired at them we came to know that the driver of an ambulance that was transporting an injured student was shot to death so really serious claims here we should say the government is pointing the finger at the opposition behind this um but first can you give us a little bit of context Behind These why is this quota system so contentious okay so clear the quota system was introduced in 1972 by the government of shikh mujibur rman who's father of the current prime minister shik Casina and basically at that time the government wanted to support the freedom fighters who had helped Bangladesh win independence from Pakistan and and over years this this system saw many changes but in its current form if the quota system is implemented it reserves 56% of government jobs uh for categories most of the bulk of it goes to uh relatives of the um of the Freedom Fighters also women people with disabilities people who belong to disadvantaged districts um and also indigenous communities now the protesters say that um the protesters say it's unfair and uh and basically it is uh giving political gains to the ruling party aami League even what is very interesting is that many of the students who are protesting are women and the system gives quota to women but but they say that we do not need this quota um so they are they are raising their voice against it and it seems that the government as of now doesn't seem uh to to to change anything yes so they see it as politically advantageous for the government I suppose what I'm still confused about B maybe you can sh some this the Supreme Court they've suspended this court order that had reinstated the quota system so why are we still seeing students out protesting yeah so simply the student don't trust the government of sh Kina they do not believe that the government is sincere so even though U the court order the the court the court paused the uh the the cour the quota system um they the students believe that the government because it has its uh it is it it is in the political interest of the ruling party so basically they will find a way to uh keep it implemented what is also very interesting is that most when these protests began it was they were mostly peaceful but then um the government of shik Kina shik Kina actually called these protesters razakar it's offensive term used for to to call people collaborators of Pakistan and that really angered uh and triggered the students which eventually we saw uh led to violence because many of the students believe belief that when sheikina called them this term razakar or collaborators of Pakistan it actually angered uh the Bangladesh chhatra League the the student body supported by the government and made them more violent towards them F thank you so much for that important context that is our reporter beish Javid here with me in the studio