Bangladesh Student Leaders Resurface, Call for Protests To End
Student leaders from Bangladesh's anti-quota movement have appeared in police custody, saying the protests have ended and their demands have been met. A student group responded by saying it believed the leaders had been coerced into making the statement.
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00:00Seven missing Bangladeshi student leaders have surfaced to declare an end to anti-government
00:05protests in which more than 200 people have died.
00:09A video released Sunday shows the movement's leaders in police custody saying that their
00:13original demands have been met.
00:16This prompted a student group to say they believe the leaders were coerced.
00:20They are calling for a national strike.
00:22The protests began in July over a job quota system and escalated into broader anti-government
00:28demonstrations.
00:29The government's response has led to at least 204 deaths and thousands of arrests.