"Protesters say the July National Charter, named after the national uprising that started last July, doesn't address their concerns. Police have fired tear gas and used grenades and batons to disperse protesters gathered outside Bangladesh's national Parliament complex to express dissatisfaction with the interim government's new political charter. The charter was drafted more than a year after Gen Z demonstrations that led to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's removal."
"The clashes broke out after several hundred people, who described themselves as those whose protests toppled Hasina, started demonstrating on Friday. They were expressing anger that their concerns had not been addressed in the new charter, despite their loved ones dying during the mass uprisings against Hasina, who fled to exile in India. Some protesters vandalised a police vehicle and makeshift tents, while others clashed with soldiers and security officials in the capital Dhaka. Witnesses said several people were injured."
Several hundred protesters in Dhaka, many claiming to have helped topple former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, clashed with police and soldiers outside the national Parliament complex. Security forces fired tear gas and used grenades and batons to disperse crowds, and witnesses reported injuries. Protesters said the July National Charter does not address their demands despite deaths during the uprisings; some vandalised police property and tents. The interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus invited major parties to sign the charter, which outlines constitutional amendments, legal changes and new laws. A National Consensus Commission drafted the charter after talks with most major parties; the Awami League did not participate. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and eight allied parties said they would sign.
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