Episodes
Hasina: 36 Days in July
Hasina: 36 Days in July tells the inside story of Sheikh Hasina’s final days in the summer of 2024 as a bloody protest swept through Bangladesh and ended a political dynasty.
Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has obtained secret phone calls that reveal the brutal orders which left over a thousand student protestors dead and tens of thousands badly wounded.
Sheikh Hasina’s ruthless plans to crush a student protest for jobs are exposed in a series of covert recordings made by her own spy network. A surveillance network that tracked even her closest allies and, in a final twist, Sheikh Hasina herself.
The I-Unit takes you inside the prime minister’s palace during the final chaotic hours of a government that ruled Bangladesh with an iron grip for 15 years.
The Witness Feed
In July 2024, a wave of student protests swept across Bangladesh, driven by outrage over a government job quota system seen as unjust. Thousands of students turned campuses into battlegrounds, sparking a nationwide movement for change.
On July 16, one young student journalist with no press badge and no plan arrived at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, where he livestreamed a demonstration as it unfolded. By chance, the student captured the moments that led to the police killing of Abu Sayed. Abu Sayed had helped lead Students Against Discrimination, a coalition pushing for reforms to the quota system.
With that, what began as a spontaneous act became a national turning point - a student became a witness, and a victim a martyr.
Hasina: 36 Days in July tells the inside story of Sheikh Hasina’s final days in the summer of 2024 as a bloody protest swept through Bangladesh and ended a political dynasty.
Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has obtained secret phone calls that reveal the brutal orders which left over a thousand student protestors dead and tens of thousands badly wounded.
Sheikh Hasina’s ruthless plans to crush a student protest for jobs are exposed in a series of covert recordings made by her own spy network. A surveillance network that tracked even her closest allies and, in a final twist, Sheikh Hasina herself.
The I-Unit takes you inside the prime minister’s palace during the final chaotic hours of a government that ruled Bangladesh with an iron grip for 15 years.
