Bangladeshi protesters destroy ex-PM’s family home symbolising independence

Property from which Sheikh Hasina’s father declared break from Pakistan attacked due to link with authoritarianism

Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh 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 attack was sparked by a speech that Hasina gave to supporters from exile in neighbouring India, where she fled last year during a deadly student-led uprising against her 15-year rule. Critics had accused her of suppressing dissent.

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