Clashes as Bangladesh hit by strike over war trials
- Published: 31 Jan 2013 at 12.44
- Online news: Asia
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Bangladesh on Thursday as a nationwide strike called to protest war crimes trials brought much of the country to a halt.
Activists of the ruling Bangladesh Awami league beat an activist of the Jamaat-e-Islami party (C) during a rally in Dhaka on January 30, 2013.
The Jamaat-e-Islami party called the strike to protest the prosecution of its main leaders for atrocities they are alleged to have committed during the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.
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