women, children, everyone, everyone mixed, everybody from all walks of life coming together to celebrate. keepin life coming together to celebrate. keep in touch. thank you very much indeed. will keep you up to date. hundreds of thousands gathered in the bangladeshi capital dhaka for a mass anti government rally. organised by the opposition party, the protest called for the resignation of the country s prime minister sheikh hasina. it followed days of violent clashes in the city, where hundreds of opposition supporters were arrested. the government says it respect the right to peaceful protest and has denied claims its trying to suppress any form of dissent. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has more details. from across the country, they poured into the capital, dhaka. in their thousands. a mass rally organised by the opposition. held on international human rights day.
these protesters say they are being denied their own. denied their own. there is no democracy denied their own. there is no democracy in denied their own. there is no democracy in bangladesh. i democracy in bangladesh. establishing democracy is our main demand. we have been harassed by police at every check postjust to get here. police at every check post ust to net here. ,, police at every check post just to get here. this i get here. translation: this government get here. translation: this government wants get here. translation: this government wants to - get here. translation: this government wants to control| government wants to control everything with the help of police. they want everything with the help of police. they want to use police to be in power they want to use police to be in power for they want to use police to be in power for life. they want to use police to be in powerfor life. our they want to use police to be in power for life. our leader wants