#SaveBangladeshiStudents

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Hi. I live in Bangladesh and have been a member of this forum for almost 6 years, on and off multiple times. Currently things are absolutely horrible in Bangladesh. People are dying in the hands of police and goons deployed by the government on students, who were only protesting peacefully only for their rights. Bangladesh Civil Service exam is the most competitive exam of the country for civil service position. Recently the supreme court had announced a 56% quota reserved for special people, which included grandchildren of freedom fighters. This is massive injustice to regular people and completely against meritocracy and equality for all the people, giving special treatment to those who don't even deserve it. So it was rightful that people protested and demanded that this be overturned. But our supreme court completely ignored it. Even our prime minister referred the protestors as "rajakar" which is a term to denote people of a certain group who betrayed Bangladesh during the liberation war. This pissed the students and they started ironically chanting "tumi ke ami ke, rajakar rajakar" ("who are you and me, we are rajakar) on the night in 15th July to show their further dissatisfaction to how little the prime minister cared about their logical demands. The next day the goverment released their goons, the student faction of their party, called "chatro league" (student league) onto the peaceful student protestors, injuring 200 people. It was one of the most brutal beatdowns since a long time. After the students managed to control the student league with their unity, they deployed the police, border guard and RAB(Rapid Action Battalion) team onto the students. So far in 2 days 40+ people have martyred around the country and more than thousands injured. The whole country has now turned into a Warfield. The government and their goons the police have crossed all limits, killing even children (one 9th grade child was killed). They are so disgraceful they called the border guard out from the borders onto innocent students to "ensure their safety". I am literally shaking as I'm typing this, so many innocents have died for nothing. Students are still fighting against the armed goons and policemen for their rights and for justice. The child who was killed didn't even have any incentive in the abolishment of the quota system. I don't know what to do. I feel so pathetic and helpless.

This post is made out of impulse. I just want people around the world to be aware of what is happening in Bangladesh. If you can, please share the current atrocity happening in Bangladesh to as many people as you can. Even if you can't share please pray for a resolution. I hope something positive comes out of it.

#savebangladeshistudents

 
Just saw this online, it’s absolutely horrendous and I wish those involved face repercussions but even before that I hope that the bloodshed stops and sanity prevails.
 
Hi. I live in Bangladesh and have been a member of this forum for almost 6 years, on and off multiple times. Currently things are absolutely horrible in Bangladesh. People are dying in the hands of police and goons deployed by the government on students, who were only protesting peacefully only for their rights. Bangladesh Civil Service exam is the most competitive exam of the country for civil service position. Recently the supreme court had announced a 56% quota reserved for special people, which included grandchildren of freedom fighters. This is massive injustice to regular people and completely against meritocracy and equality for all the people, giving special treatment to those who don't even deserve it. So it was rightful that people protested and demanded that this be overturned. But our supreme court completely ignored it. Even our prime minister referred the protestors as "rajakar" which is a term to denote people of a certain group who betrayed Bangladesh during the liberation war. This pissed the students and they started ironically chanting "tumi ke ami ke, rajakar rajakar" ("who are you and me, we are rajakar) on the night in 15th July to show their further dissatisfaction to how little the prime minister cared about their logical demands. The next day the goverment released their goons, the student faction of their party, called "chatro league" (student league) onto the peaceful student protestors, injuring 200 people. It was one of the most brutal beatdowns since a long time. After the students managed to control the student league with their unity, they deployed the police, border guard and RAB(Rapid Action Battalion) team onto the students. So far in 2 days 40+ people have martyred around the country and more than thousands injured. The whole country has now turned into a Warfield. The government and their goons the police have crossed all limits, killing even children (one 9th grade child was killed). They are so disgraceful they called the border guard out from the borders onto innocent students to "ensure their safety". I am literally shaking as I'm typing this, so many innocents have died for nothing. Students are still fighting against the armed goons and policemen for their rights and for justice. The child who was killed didn't even have any incentive in the abolishment of the quota system. I don't know what to do. I feel so pathetic and helpless.

This post is made out of impulse. I just want people around the world to be aware of what is happening in Bangladesh. If you can, please share the current atrocity happening in Bangladesh to as many people as you can. Even if you can't share please pray for a resolution. I hope something positive comes out of it.

#savebangladeshistudents

This is the first I've heard about it. I hope you and those you know are safe. Beyond that, hopefully a resolution to the situation can be found with no more bloodshed.

Sounds like abhorrent treatment of the protestors asking to rectify, what sounds like, an unjust piece of legislation.

Try to stay positive and safe.
 
Hi, the whole country's internet was down for the last 5 days. So far there's a nationwide curfew, the military is on the road and thanks to the internet being down there is no legitimate source of information. But the gov has agreed to reform the quota system, but has not said anything substantial against the violence that was committed against the students. So, things are still not completely normal. Still, Thanks for all the positive messages.
 
This wiki page has all the details of the whole movement covered and Almost all of the information is correct. If anyone wants to know in detail what happened and what has been happening up until now you can go through it.
 

Also, this is a great rundown of what has been happening very recently. Probably 100 times better than what our own media could say
 
Hope this serves as the catalyst for change in other countries too. We’ve seen too much of a slide into autocratism globally funded by certain vested interests.

Happy for the Bangladeshis and hope they can ensure that chaos is minimised since revolutions can tend to be chaotic once the main goal is achieved.
 
@A.P Haux and other bros from Bangladesh, hope you all are in good health.

Though we can only empathise on what you all must have faced in the past few weeks, only someone who has seen all this happening day in and day out in front of them can truly fathom the consequences and unrest you all had to face.

I duly hope that things might be better after yesterday and you all can get back to focusing on healthier and thriving aspects of your life ahead, rather than to go through such a turmoil, merely due to the vested interest of few powerful people for the benefit of their own kin.
 

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