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Students Against Discrimination
Students Against Discrimination (Bengali: বৈষম্যবিরোধী ছাত্র আন্দোলন, romanized: Bôiṣômyôbirōdhī Chātrô Āndōlôn, lit. 'Anti-discrimination Students Movement') is a platform of student activists in Bangladesh formed in 2024 during the nationwide student-led quota reform movement. The group was involved in the ousting of the country's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on 5 August 2024 through the Student–People's uprising.
It is an umbrella organization. It works on building the political range of Bangladesh, though it is a non-political organization.
On 22 October 2024, the Students Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee jointly announced a five-point demand, advocating for sweeping political and constitutional changes to dismantle what they describe as a "fascist political settlement" and replace it with a democratic one.
The organisation was created on 1 July 2024. On 8 July 2024, it announced a 65-member committee, comprising 23 coordinators and 42 co-coordinators, to make the movement a success after its creation. On 3 August, after the agitation grew in scale, the group formed a 158-member coordination team with students from various educational institutions, of which 49 were coordinators and 109 were co-coordinators.
Since its inception, several coordinators have been seen at the held of this group. Among them are Nahid Islam, student of Sociology Department of University of Dhaka, Rifat Rashid of International relations Department, Sarjis Alam of Zoology Department, Hasnat Abdullah of English studies Department, Asif Mahmud of Linguistics Department, Abu Baker Majumdar of Geology Department at the University of Dhaka , Arif Sohel, student of Jahangirnagar University, Ibrahim Nirob, student of National University and others.
The protesters under the banner of Anti-discrimination Student Movement continuously organised four-point demands on 1 July 2024, in support of reforms on Bangladesh Civil Service reservation quotas in Bangladesh. From 2 to 6 July, students of various institutions held protests, human chains, highway blockades, etc. in different parts of the country. On 7 July, the platform called for the "Bangla Blockade", under which students staged demonstrations, marches, civil disobedience and blockades of highways and railways.
One of the group's coordinators, Abu Sayed of Rangpur's Begum Rokeya University, was shot and killed by the police on 16 July 2024.
The anti-discrimination student movement gained momentum when private university students joined on July 16. In response to the escalating quota reform movement, the government mandated the closure of all educational institutions on July 16, 2024. Subsequently, on July 17th, students residing in dormitories at public universities across the nation, including Dhaka University, were compelled to vacate their accommodations. However, due to the permanent residency of a significant portion of private university students in Dhaka, their presence within the city noticeably increased on July 18. On this date, a substantial confrontation occurred between law enforcement and students affiliated with BRAC University and East West University in the Rampura area. Simultaneously, students from AIUB, North South University, Independent University, Bangladesh, Dhaka International University and UIU staged demonstrations along Kuril Bishwa Road and Pragati Sarani. Concurrently, protests were initiated by students from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Southeast University in Mohakhali area, Northern University in the Uttara region and International Islamic University Chittagong in Chittagong.
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Students Against Discrimination
Students Against Discrimination (Bengali: বৈষম্যবিরোধী ছাত্র আন্দোলন, romanized: Bôiṣômyôbirōdhī Chātrô Āndōlôn, lit. 'Anti-discrimination Students Movement') is a platform of student activists in Bangladesh formed in 2024 during the nationwide student-led quota reform movement. The group was involved in the ousting of the country's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on 5 August 2024 through the Student–People's uprising.
It is an umbrella organization. It works on building the political range of Bangladesh, though it is a non-political organization.
On 22 October 2024, the Students Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee jointly announced a five-point demand, advocating for sweeping political and constitutional changes to dismantle what they describe as a "fascist political settlement" and replace it with a democratic one.
The organisation was created on 1 July 2024. On 8 July 2024, it announced a 65-member committee, comprising 23 coordinators and 42 co-coordinators, to make the movement a success after its creation. On 3 August, after the agitation grew in scale, the group formed a 158-member coordination team with students from various educational institutions, of which 49 were coordinators and 109 were co-coordinators.
Since its inception, several coordinators have been seen at the held of this group. Among them are Nahid Islam, student of Sociology Department of University of Dhaka, Rifat Rashid of International relations Department, Sarjis Alam of Zoology Department, Hasnat Abdullah of English studies Department, Asif Mahmud of Linguistics Department, Abu Baker Majumdar of Geology Department at the University of Dhaka , Arif Sohel, student of Jahangirnagar University, Ibrahim Nirob, student of National University and others.
The protesters under the banner of Anti-discrimination Student Movement continuously organised four-point demands on 1 July 2024, in support of reforms on Bangladesh Civil Service reservation quotas in Bangladesh. From 2 to 6 July, students of various institutions held protests, human chains, highway blockades, etc. in different parts of the country. On 7 July, the platform called for the "Bangla Blockade", under which students staged demonstrations, marches, civil disobedience and blockades of highways and railways.
One of the group's coordinators, Abu Sayed of Rangpur's Begum Rokeya University, was shot and killed by the police on 16 July 2024.
The anti-discrimination student movement gained momentum when private university students joined on July 16. In response to the escalating quota reform movement, the government mandated the closure of all educational institutions on July 16, 2024. Subsequently, on July 17th, students residing in dormitories at public universities across the nation, including Dhaka University, were compelled to vacate their accommodations. However, due to the permanent residency of a significant portion of private university students in Dhaka, their presence within the city noticeably increased on July 18. On this date, a substantial confrontation occurred between law enforcement and students affiliated with BRAC University and East West University in the Rampura area. Simultaneously, students from AIUB, North South University, Independent University, Bangladesh, Dhaka International University and UIU staged demonstrations along Kuril Bishwa Road and Pragati Sarani. Concurrently, protests were initiated by students from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Southeast University in Mohakhali area, Northern University in the Uttara region and International Islamic University Chittagong in Chittagong.
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