Bangladesh protest movement launches foreign remittance freeze

DHAKA -- Weeks of deadly protests in Bangladesh have prompted critics to lean on foreign remittances as their newest weapon against what they blast as state-sanctioned violence.

Organizers are calling on nearly 10 million Bangladeshis living abroad to freeze the flow of about $2 billion sent home monthly, as the Sheikh Hasina government grapples with an economic crisis that forced it to seek out an IMF bailout last year.