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‘The gen Z revolution’ - how a student protest toppled a corrupt and violent government
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In a week of protests, counter-protests and riots in the UK, 5000 miles away in Bangladesh student-led uprising led to 300 people being killed, the toppling of a corrupt PM and violent regime, and a Nobel Peace Prize winner being installed as head a new interim government.
In this edition, we're talking about the violent and momentous events in Bangladesh with award-winning British-born investigative journalist David Bergman, who has been following and reporting on the country for almost 30 years.
He's written widely about Bangladesh for The Daily Telegraph, Al Jazeera, the New York Times, and The Times.
Between 2004 and 2017, he lived in Bangladesh, writing for several Bangladeshi newspapers, including New Age, The Daily Star and bdnews24.com.
He was forced to leave in 2017 due to his critical writing about government corruption and human rights violations.
Since then, he’s lived in London and helped found Netra News, a media platform based in Sweden that published investigative news and analysis on Bangladesh
He’s also won a Royal Television Society award for a documentary he worked on about the atrocities that took place during Bangladesh’s 1971 War of Independence.
In the episode, David explains what happened there, what sparked it off, what’s next for the country, what we know about the next potential leader and the fascinating links between a new Labour Minister and the now deposed Bangladeshi PM and her party.
Links mentioned in the podcast
https://x.com/TheDavidBergman
https://x.com/muktadirnewage
https://x.com/nomhossain
https://x.com/taqbirhuda
https://www.facebook.com/shafiqul.alam.71216
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Manage episode 433302899 series 2657793
In a week of protests, counter-protests and riots in the UK, 5000 miles away in Bangladesh student-led uprising led to 300 people being killed, the toppling of a corrupt PM and violent regime, and a Nobel Peace Prize winner being installed as head a new interim government.
In this edition, we're talking about the violent and momentous events in Bangladesh with award-winning British-born investigative journalist David Bergman, who has been following and reporting on the country for almost 30 years.
He's written widely about Bangladesh for The Daily Telegraph, Al Jazeera, the New York Times, and The Times.
Between 2004 and 2017, he lived in Bangladesh, writing for several Bangladeshi newspapers, including New Age, The Daily Star and bdnews24.com.
He was forced to leave in 2017 due to his critical writing about government corruption and human rights violations.
Since then, he’s lived in London and helped found Netra News, a media platform based in Sweden that published investigative news and analysis on Bangladesh
He’s also won a Royal Television Society award for a documentary he worked on about the atrocities that took place during Bangladesh’s 1971 War of Independence.
In the episode, David explains what happened there, what sparked it off, what’s next for the country, what we know about the next potential leader and the fascinating links between a new Labour Minister and the now deposed Bangladeshi PM and her party.
Links mentioned in the podcast
https://x.com/TheDavidBergman
https://x.com/muktadirnewage
https://x.com/nomhossain
https://x.com/taqbirhuda
https://www.facebook.com/shafiqul.alam.71216
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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