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A preliminary report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published on 16 August 2024 stated that more than 400 fatalities were reported nationwide between 16 July and 4 August, mainly due to violence carried out by state forces such as the Bangladesh Police, RAB, BGB and Army, as well as the Chhatra League ...
Every year, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign either introduces a new theme, or continues an old theme. The theme focuses on one particular area of gender inequality and works to bring attention to these issues and make changes that will have an impact.
The non-cooperation movement, [a] also known as the one-point movement, [b] was a pro-democratic disinvestment movement and a mass uprising against the Awami League-led government of Bangladesh, initiated within the framework of 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
Students in Bangladesh began a quota reform movement in early June 2024 after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector. The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as the July massacre , by ...
Bangladesh's army chief Waker-uz-Zaman, announced on 5 August 2024, that an interim government would be formed in the country after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India. [ 134 ] On 8 August 2024, Muhammad Yunus took oath as the Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bangladesh in Bangabhaban , Dhaka in the presence of ...
The government banned the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, its student wing, the Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir and its associated bodies citing anti-terrorism law following their involvement in the protests. [135] [136] Until 1 August, 274 cases had been filed against students in various police stations in Dhaka Metropolitan.
[15] [16] [17] Hridoy Chandra Taruya - was a student at Chittagong University. [18] Abdullah Siddiqui - was a student at Habibullah Bahar College and was shot in Dhaka on 4th August, 2024. [19] Mahmudul Hasan Rizbi - was a student of Lakshmipur Polytechnic Institute and the activist of the Bangladesh Students Union.
Abu Sayed (Bengali: আবু সাঈদ; c. 1999 – 16 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student activist who was shot dead by the Bangladesh Police on 16 July 2024, [3] [4] [5] while participating in the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.