Student protesters announce 'March for Justice' amid nationwide unrest

The anti-discrimination student movement leaders on July 30 last year declared a nationwide "March for Justice" for July 31 protesting the mass killings, arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, and torture on students and civilians across the country, reports BSS.

Abdul Kader, one of the key coordinators of the quota reform movement, announced the programme at around 11:15 pm that day through the messaging app Telegram, saying the march would start at 12.30 pm at all university campuses, court premises and streets across the country.
He also demanded an investigation into the incidents under the supervision of the United Nations (UN), justice for the killings and fulfillment of their nine-point demands including apology from the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Kader further called upon the people from all strata, including teachers, lawyers, human rights defenders, professionals and workers, to join the programme expressing solidarity with the movement.
Earlier, on July 30, the students as well as the people observed the pre-declared 'red cloth protest' tying red cloth on their mouths and eyes as the government and the then ruling party supporters observed the national mourning day wearing black badges.
Many citizens including teachers, artists, journalists, writers and students turned their Facebook profile frames red in the memory of the people who were killed during the quota reform movement. Besides, teachers of Rajshahi University and Jahangirnagar University brought out silent processions on their campuses tying red cloth on their mouths, denouncing the killings and arbitrary arrest by the law enforcers. However, in the capital's Gulistan area, demonstrators brought out a procession featuring protest songs while police obstructed their rally.