The High Court today issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to compensate Tk 1 crore to the family of Taslima Begum Ranu who was killed in a mob beating at Badda area in Dhaka on July 20.
Demosisto, the political group of arrested pro-democracy activists Agnes Chow and Joshua Wong, said on Friday that the arrests were meant to "spread fear.When they are creating figures that lead the whole movement, they are creating common figures and telling the people that they are the leaders controlling everything, said Isaac Cheng, the Vice Chairperson of Demosisto.They want to get the so-called leaders of the movement, in order to let other people be afraid they’ll be next," Cheng said.
