[🇧🇩] In Bangladesh, A Violent 'Student Revolution' is on بنگلہ دیش میں انقلاب

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A Dhaka university professor got very animated and passionate about the student abductions and killings. She stated that her shame would only be mitigated if she received a bullet and became a martyr (Shaheed).

 

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Students (especially women) are now generally fearless about their demand. It is a new generation, and the powers that be are completely oblivious to their demands of justice in Bangladesh. Sorry Bengali only.

 

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Chief of Police Detective Branch Harun has been now transferred because of student abduction fiasco. Even Supreme Court Judges called his activities as "mashkara" (joke).

 

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The following VLOG was published in Aajtak Bangla from Kolkata. They were critical about this Police Chief from Bangladesh (happens to be Hindu) who was openly rooting for a political party and against BNP/Jamaat while sitting in his Police Administrator's chair. Such political patronage while sitting in a higher level administrative BCS post is unprecedented. This would not be possible in any other country, even in the subcontinent.

 

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Teachers, students demand justice for those killed

Teachers from five public universities staged demonstrations on their campuses today, demanding justice for those killed during the quota reform protests

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Teachers, students demand justice for those killed
They march at 5 public universities, 12 students held for 'their own safety' in Barishal

Teachers march at Khulna University. Photo: Habibur Rahman/Star

Teachers from five public universities staged demonstrations on their campuses today, demanding justice for those killed during the quota reform protests.

They organised human chains, rallies, and silent marches to protest the ongoing harassment of both teachers and students nationwide.

Students also held programmes under the "Remembering Our Heroes" initiative called by the anti-discrimination student movement.

At Rajshahi University, teachers intervened to prevent law enforcers from detaining students during a protest.

At Barishal University, police detained 12 students during a demonstration.

In Dhaka, the Bangladesh University Teachers' Network held a rally near Raju Sculpture, demanding immediate release of arrested students and withdrawal of law enforcers from campuses.

They also called for the reopening of educational institutions.

Prof Kamrul Hasan Mamun of DU Physics department said, "People have now woken up. They will not stop until justice is served for each killing and wrongdoing. We have to ensure justice."

Prof Tanzimuddin Khan of DU International Relations department said, "The recent student protests have brought people from all walks of life to the streets."

Prof Samina Lutfa of DU Sociology department, added, "We do not want any forces (law enforcers) at the Dhaka University campus. It is our campus. The forces must be withdrawn immediately."

The teachers then marched to the Central Shaheed Minar to observe a minute of silence for the victims.

Besides, over 100 faculty members from Independent University, Bangladesh, expressed solidarity with the protests.

At Rajshahi University, the "University Teachers Network" held a silent procession and rally at the Shaheed Intellectual Memorial at 11:00am to protest the killings, arrests, torture, and harassment of students.

As the procession ended, plainclothes law enforcers with batons suddenly grabbed some students and moved them towards a police van. Teachers and other students intervened, resulting in the students' release.

The same officers assaulted two journalists who were recording the incident. They tried to detain the journalists too.

Mohammad Hemayatul Islam, additional police commissioner (crime and operation) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, said they primarily detained a student to talk about why he misbehaved with one of their members.

"We've not arrested anyone," he claimed.

At Jahangirnagar University, a protest march honoured those who died in the quota reform protests.

Twelve teachers from Daffodil International University joined the programme in solidarity.

In Khulna University, teachers held a human chain and silent march in solidarity with students.

STUDENTS' DEMO

In Barishal, police picked up 12 students for "their own security" during the "Remembering Our Heroes" programme.

Abdur Rahman Mukur, officer-in-charge of Bandar Police Station, said, "We have taken 12 students into our custody for security purposes. The next step will be taken according to the instructions of the higher authorities. They were neither arrested nor detained."

In Sylhet, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology students were barred from holding their programme. They later demonstrated by blocking the Sylhet-Sunamganj Highway. Five students were temporarily detained during this time.

Similar protests were held in Mymensingh and Habiganj, supported by people from various professions.​

 

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No parent should have to bury a child

Says father of 20-year-old Maruf who died of bullet wounds

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No parent should have to bury a child
Says father of 20-year-old Maruf who died of bullet wounds

Maruf Hossain
Twenty-year-old Maruf Hossain of Kushtia's Khoksa upazila dreamed of changing his family's future with the IT skills he possessed.

Being the eldest of two children, he felt it was his responsibility to start taking care of his family as soon as possible. With that goal, Maruf, an eighth-semester Diploma student, was going ahead with his studies in Computer Science and Technology at Kushtia Polytechnic Institute.

However, all his aspirations were dashed by single a bullet, as he was shot dead during a clash between protesters and police and BGB centring the quota reform protests in the capital's Banasree area on July 19.

His friends took him to nearby Advance Hospital.

"He was like my brother. And now he is gone. I couldn't do anything to save him," said his friend Touhidul Nobby, who brought his body to the hospital.

"We came to Dhaka together from Kushtia for three months, as we started working as interns at an IT-based company as part of our final semester," said Touhidul, Maruf's classmate and colleague.

"We didn't even join the protests. Only 19 days had passed since we came to Dhaka, so we didn't know much about anything around here. We just got out of our house in Banasree to see what was going on. Then we saw a vehicle of BGB approaching towards us and bullets were being fired, so we rushed into an alley as everything got so chaotic there," said Touhidul.

"Maruf and I got separated. So, when he got shot, I couldn't even see it or know it immediately. After some time, when I was looking for him, I saw his body lying on the road. I quickly got a rickshaw and rushed him to the hospital, but the doctor said he was already gone," he added.

The duty doctor at the emergency department of Advance Hospital said a bullet entered through Maruf's back and pierced through his stomach.

Later, Maruf's uncle came to the hospital and took his body back to Kushtia.

"Maruf was a freelancer. He wanted to make a career in web development. He was already earning money so that he didn't burden his family," Touhidul told this newspaper.

Maruf wanted to get done with the internship soon and get back home soon so that he could finish his diploma and start his career, he added.

Instead, his lifeless body went back home, wrapped in a white shroud.

Later, when this correspondent reached out to Maruf's father, Shoriful Islam, he was in no state to talk.

"I don't know what's there to say. I buried my son with my own hands. So, nothing matters to me anymore," said, Shoriful, who runs a shop in the Khoksa area.

"Life has stopped for us. I don't feel like going to my shop. We are trying to accept that Maruf is no more and he will never be back. All we can do is keep praying for him," he added.​