location: Mirpur
notes: On December 9, BNP-led 18 party opposition alliance called for a 8-hour road blockade in protest of the cases filed against and the arrests of opposition leaders and activists, demanding a caretaker government to ensure elections due in 2014 are fair. InKushtia, a clash took place between police and blockaders, police arrested 20 pro-blockade activists from the district town and Mirpur upazila during the countrywide road blockade programme.
target_text: location: Mirpur, fatalities: 0