Given that dozens of her extended family was assassinated on 1 day, Bangladesh started with a high bar for worst dicator. Her recent election was a sham, but s

Given that dozens of her extended family was assassinated on 1 day, Bangladesh started with a high bar for worst dicator. Her recent election was a sham, but she doesn't cross the that bar. For the protests, my understanding is that most deaths came from rubber bullets and fairly violent fights between police and protestors. The line between protestor and revolutionary was fairly thin. I don't mean to minimize what was clearly a non-democratic act. But, almost every violent riot involves the deaths of 17-25 year olds. That is the primary demographic for all violent acts everywhere. It is grim but not unique. Similarly, political affiliations deliberately difficult to identify. I know emotions are high, so I'll limit my cynicism. I hope Bangladesh is able to find a stable & secular democratic alternative.