Bangladesh, May 22 -- As the country entered a third consecutive day of protests over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter, her father Abdul Hannan Mollah sat in his Pallabi home and asked the journalists who came to see him a question that silenced the room.

"You are journalists," he told the media yesterday. "Have you been able to ensure justice for the Sagar-Runi murders?" he asked.

It was not an angry question. It was a resigned one - spoken by a man who described himself as "a poor, destitute father" who does not know if his cries will reach the government.

The question, simple and devastating, has since resonated far beyond Pallabi.

Here is what it means, and why it matters.

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