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Bangladesh's Top Court Cuts Job Quotas After Deadly Protests

Bangladesh's Top Court Cuts Job Quotas After Deadly Protests

Above: A man reacts as police try to stop the protesters during the quota reform movement on July 19, 2024 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Image copyright: Parvez Ahmad Rony/Drik/ Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Facts

  • Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs after student protests turned deadly and killed at least 151 people across the country in the past week.

  • Nullifying a lower court's decision that had reinstated 30% reservation in government jobs for descendants of freedom fighters who fought in the country's 1971 War of Independence, the top court ruled that only 5% of the roles can be reserved for veterans' kin.

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