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hi guys! i know there's not a lot of you here on my account but i hope you will rb and share this as i've seen little to no coverage of this in international media.
Bangladesh has followed a quota system for high paying government jobs till 2018, where 30% of the seats were reserved for the descendents of the freedom fighters who fought to liberate our country against pakistan in 1971. due to mass student protesting in 2018, the quota system was scrapped, allowing more eligible students to secure the jobs.
The quota system was then reinstated this year with 56% of the seats reserved: 30% for the descendents of freedom fighters, and the rest for women, minorities and the disabled. University students are yet again left to suffer due to rising rates of unemployment in government jobs. The children of freedom fighters are given more priority by the government as an act of nepotism, so they can plug their own people into the jobs, putting the university students at a massive disadvantage.
On July 15th, the students of Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University started a peaceful protest march with the slogan #QuotaReform. They were met with resistance by the Bangladesh Cchatro League (Cchatro meaning students), a government organisation known for its violence. They launched at the students with weapons such sticks and sharp blades and later guns and ammunition. Police soon surrounded the protests as well and shot at multiple students, threw tear gas, sound gas and other forms of ammunition into the campuses.
7 students have lost their lives so far and there are hundreds injured with many hospitals refusing treatment. A 2 year old child was shot today...
The students have all been kicked out of their halls, and yet they are still protesting through the nationwide shutdown today (18/07/24). Our Prime Minister refuses to acknowledge the government's own violence towards THEIR CITIZENS.
I beg everyone who sees this to interact with and stay as educated about this to their best ability. #QuotaReform is barely trending anywhere and media coverage is difficult in Bangladesh due to the control of the government. The most we've able to do (those who are unable to protest on the streets) is share the news on our social media and spread awareness. Please take some time out of your day to talk about this. This country was built on the backs of student protests. We are reliving the student massacre of 1952 but instead of Pakistan its our own government and police firing at us...
Please rb and educate yourselves on this topic to spread awareness and if there are any Bangladeshis here going to protest please be safe we are all praying for you.
Do you guys know what was the biggest surrender of our history after world war two?
It was the surrender of Pakistani military against Bangladeshi
On 16 December 1971.
But today I didn't grab your attention only to give you some random history facts.
We Bangladeshi students need your help! So please read this article till the end
After the partition of the Indian region in 1947, two independent nations were born.One India and one Pakistan.
The country of Pakistan was divided into two parts, East Pakistan, currently Bangladesh and West Pakistan, currently Pakistan.
But the distance between the two regions was thousands of kilometers. So uniting them into one singular nation was definitely foolish.
To think that the partition actually happened because of religion is laughable on itself but this is a topic of debate for another blog.
Even though we got our freedom from the British empire the people of East Pakistan kept on getting exploited by the west pakistan government.
Note, from now on I will refer to East Pakistan only as Bangladesh because the way we were exploited by our own so called government which only resided on the west pakistan and left us on poverty clearly indicates they never saw us as their own people.
Pakistan didn't only exploit us politically and financially, but they also tried to take away our unique Bengali identity from us.
They banned our traditional Bengali festivals like Noboborso (which is Bengali new year) They tried to ban Rabindra sangeet in fact, they even tried to replace our Bengali alphabet with the Urdu alphabet.
People were already protesting against it and were participating in every traditional festival
But the elastic snapped when they tried to take away our mother tongue, Bangla
When a pakistani politician made the announcement that "Urdu and only Urdu will be the only national language of Pakistan" in Dhaka university's convocation, it was the students who roared in disapproval.
In 1952, breaking the curfew, students and common people went on a protest for our mother language Bangla.
The police started to shoot them and the soil of Bangladesh became stained with blood and Bangla became the only language for people had given up their lives.
That's why we celebrate "Sahid dibos" and "international mother language day" on 21st February.
Throughout the fight for our existence, freedom and culture, students of our nation had always played a crucial role.
They also made a student's political party "Chatro league"
After the election of 1970, when the Pakistani government didn't agree to give power to the Bangladeshi political party "Awami league" our students again started to organize protests and other activities
Finally "Awami league" ordered for a mass protest. 2nd march Dhaka and 3rd march the whole Bangladesh was shut down.
On 2nd march 11 am "Chatro league" students hoisted the flag of Bangladesh in Dhaka university.
All this information dump was for you all to understand how the students of Bangladesh had always played a crucial part in our liberation.
Our students have always been fierce and had stood up for injustice even if they had to sacrifice their life for it.
And right now history is repeating itself!!!
Again students are getting attacked because of their protests but this time, it was our so-called "chatro league" and the government who are doing this inhumane act.
They are beating the students with rods, throwing bricks at them and even police are shooting them.
Only because we wanted the quota policy to demolish. Only because we wanted equal opportunity for civil jobs.
On 25th march 1971, the Pakistani military committed genocide in Dhaka. They attacked sleeping students in Dhaka university and protesters on roads who were still protesting at night.
And now the same thing is happening, history is repeating itself.
Students of public universities are getting attacked in their own dorm rooms, they are getting beaten to death by the so-called "chatro league" members. There are screenshots of the chatro league leaders group chats flothing around the internet where they command the other members to stab the protester students.
There was a time when Chatro league claimed they always stood up when our mother and sisters needed protection
And now those same people are beating up those same sisters they vowed to protect
The police are shooting the protesters like they did in 1952 language movement
The only difference is in the past we were oppressed by another nation's government
But this time it's our own people who are causing our student's blood to stain our roads.
Please do not ignore us. Reblog this post or use the hastag #savebangladeshistudents to create awareness
Please don't scroll and give attention to this post!
Recently in my country Bangladesh, students around all over the country are protesting against a government policy named "Quota"
Basically it's a quota reserved for the children of our freedom fighters who fought in our 1971 liberation war for government jobs in our country.
Now the problem is, even the unqualified children and grandchildren of our freedom fighters are getting this privilege. Logically speaking why should they get a government job over a person who actually deserved it more than them?
This is actually a more serious issue but because of lack of good words I can't explain it properly and that's my failure
But this is not why I grabbed your attention today
According to law, every human has the right to protest for injustice if they are not harming other people in the process.
But seems like some political parties do not agree with it
Mark this date, yesterday, 15 July 2024,
Students were attacked by the students political party called "ছাত্রলীগ" or "student's league" because of their protest in Dhaka university,Eden mohila college, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka medical college, jagannath university and many more government universities all over the country
Students were brutally beaten by rods,there were bricks thrown towards them.
I live near "Dhaka college" and approximately 2 hours ago I heard minor blast noises and saw people literally throwing bricks at each other. You can look for yourself on news channels since many international media are covering it.
Here's a voicemail of a female student-
Vague translation-
"Today if you people saw the situation in our campus believe me you all would literally hate the student's league or fear it for your whole life.
In front of us, they had beaten the boys with rods to half death. The boys had come to us and begged us saying big sister please let us hide here or they will kill us. We tried to hide them with our Scarf,Burkas,behind the curtains but those people pushed us aside and took our classmates out and beat them with rods on their heads and they were our familiar faces who did this inhumane act. They literally laid them on the roads.
They threw big bricks towards the female student's chests, our clothes were torn but those who are our bachmates whom we attended class all year didn't say anything about it and in social media they are supporting this behavior."
This is clearly, a violation of human rights and morality.
Here are some pictures for proof-
Here is a link for some posts:
Here's another picture-
Please do not ignore us Bangladeshi students and spread this news of injustice.
We might be from a country very far from you but injustice anywhere around the world is a threat to justice in every corner of the world.
I have never been this proud to be a Bangladeshi.
Please don't scroll and give attention to this post!
Recently in my country Bangladesh, students around all over the country are protesting against a government policy named "Quota"
Basically it's a quota reserved for the children of our freedom fighters who fought in our 1971 liberation war for government jobs in our country.
Now the problem is, even the unqualified children and grandchildren of our freedom fighters are getting this privilege. Logically speaking why should they get a government job over a person who actually deserved it more than them?
This is actually a more serious issue but because of lack of good words I can't explain it properly and that's my failure
But this is not why I grabbed your attention today
According to law, every human has the right to protest for injustice if they are not harming other people in the process.
But seems like some political parties do not agree with it
Mark this date, yesterday, 15 July 2024,
Students were attacked by the students political party called "ছাত্রলীগ" or "student's league" because of their protest in Dhaka university,Eden mohila college, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka medical college, jagannath university and many more government universities all over the country
Students were brutally beaten by rods,there were bricks thrown towards them.
I live near "Dhaka college" and approximately 2 hours ago I heard minor blast noises and saw people literally throwing bricks at each other. You can look for yourself on news channels since many international media are covering it.
Here's a voicemail of a female student-
Vague translation-
"Today if you people saw the situation in our campus believe me you all would literally hate the student's league or fear it for your whole life.
In front of us, they had beaten the boys with rods to half death. The boys had come to us and begged us saying big sister please let us hide here or they will kill us. We tried to hide them with our Scarf,Burkas,behind the curtains but those people pushed us aside and took our classmates out and beat them with rods on their heads and they were our familiar faces who did this inhumane act. They literally laid them on the roads.
They threw big bricks towards the female student's chests, our clothes were torn but those who are our bachmates whom we attended class all year didn't say anything about it and in social media they are supporting this behavior."
This is clearly, a violation of human rights and morality.
Here are some pictures for proof-
Here is a link for some posts:
Here's another picture-
Please do not ignore us Bangladeshi students and spread this news of injustice.
We might be from a country very far from you but injustice anywhere around the world is a threat to justice in every corner of the world.