Protests around the world:from Nigeria to Bangladesh people take to the streets against governments

Protests in the four corners of the globe.From Bangladesh with the escape of the prime minister, to Nigeria against the crisis and the government, to the far right of the United Kingdom against migrants.

The past one was weekend of protests, which occurred on virtually all continents.In Bangladesh, the protests that began last month as student demonstrations have had an acceleration after the death toll reached 300 people.It continues to manifest itself even in Venezuela against the results of elections that saw Maduro elected for the third time, but with accusations of electoral fraud.

There is protest in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, for the economic crisis and government choices.They also take to the streets in United Kingdom, this time, however, it is theextreme right who, taking advantage of a terrible news story, started violent clashes with the police and attacks on shops, mosques and reception centers for migrants, spreading panic among the country's population with a migratory background.

The protests in Bangladesh and the escape of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Sunday 4 August was the deadliest day of the protests burst the last month in Bangladesh.The deaths of at least 94 people on Saturday alone raised the total death toll at least 300 people.Initially the protests arose from peaceful request of the students university students who called for the end of the quota system in public employment, where 30 percent of the positions were intended for descendants of veterans of the war of independence from Pakistan.

After the initial phases and after repression by the police, the demonstrations turned into real anti-government protests.The prime minister Sheikh Hassan has always refused dialogue, dismissing the initiators of the protests as destabilizing terrorists, and the government has decreed a drastic curfew and blocked internet connections.

The protests resumed this morning and Sheikh Hasina has resigned and left the country with his sister, aboard a helicopter.According to local Indian media, a plane with the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh on board is landed at Hindon Air Base, near New Delhi.

Shortly after the news of Sheikh Hasina's escape broke, the army chief announced there formation of an interim government and urged protesters to stop the riots.He also pledged to meet the protesters' demands and bring justice to those killed.

Demonstrations in Nigeria

In the capital Abuja and in Lagos, the most populous city in the Nigeria, the population is taking to the streets for days against the government's economic reforms.The ongoing demonstrations I'm mainly against it worst cost of living crisis for thirty years and the accusations of misgovernance and corruption in the most populous country in Africa.Nigerian public officials are among the best paid in Africa, in stark contrast to the country's level of wealth.In Nigeria, in fact, 84 million people (37 percent of the population) live on the below the poverty line.Furthermore the fuel price, needed especially for electric generators, has doubled, despite being one of the continent's largest oil producers.

The Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu called a press conference on Sunday, in which showed openness towards the demonstrators. He has declared:“As president of this country, I must guarantee public order.Our government will not stand idle and allow some, with a clear political agenda, to tear the nation apart.In these circumstances, I hereby enjoin the protesters and organizers to suspend any further protests and create space for dialogue."

Far right unrest in the UK

In the United Kingdom protesters and representatives of extreme right they are attacking the immigrant community after a serious news episode happened last week which saw the death of three little girls at the hands of a seventeen-year-old Welshman of Rwandan origins.Immediately after the incident it circulated fake news from the Islamist origin of the attack, which prompted protesters to attack a mosque.

Sunday 4 August at Rotherham the protesters have a hotel supposedly hosting asylum seekers was attacked and clashing with the police.Riots were particularly violent in Hull, Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester, Stoke-on Trent, Blackpool and Belfast, with objects thrown, shops looted and police attacked.

The new prime minister Stramer he condemned the violence, intends to speed up justice against those arrested and has promised a "standing army” of specialized officers to deal with violent disorder.