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The students were protesting after the High Court last month overturned the Hasina government’s decision to scrap a 56% quota for government jobs and restored it amid the country’s unemployment crisis.
But the protests were halted after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the government’s appeal on Sunday. and cancelled most of the quotasindicating that 93% of positions should be subject to competition.
The United Nations, international human rights groups, the United States, Britain and other countries have criticized the government’s use of force against protesters and asked Dhaka to uphold the right to peaceful protest.
“We have expressed our concerns about the situation in Bangladesh to the relevant authorities in Dhaka and New York and sought clarification on reports that some vehicles with UN markings may have been used in recent incidents,” Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the UN secretary-general, told Reuters.
He said that countries contributing troops and police to UN peacekeeping forces can only use the UN emblem and equipment marked with the UN emblem when carrying out authorized tasks of the UN peacekeeping forces.
Bangladesh is the third-largest troop and police contributor to UN peacekeeping operations after Nepal and Rwanda.
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