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| File image of quota reform movement. Photo: Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune |
In an effort to emphasize their nine-point demand, the proponents of quota reform have launched their most conspicuous initiative, which is based on the right to assemble, since the country's courts, main roadways, and educational institutions were placed under curfew on Wednesday. The event is called a "March for Justice."
"A press release signed by Abdul Hannan Masood, a coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement that has led the quota reform protests, on Tuesday evening stated that 'March for Justice' will be held on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 in courts, campuses, and on the streets' in response to the mass killings, mass propaganda, attacks, cases, disappearances, and murders on students and people across the country and to demand justice after investigation by the United Nations."
They invited citizens and students to participate in their program, which would take place on Wednesday at about 12:30 p.m.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's apology is one of the nine demands, along with the resignations of six ministers: Asaduzzaman Khan, the minister of home affairs; Obaidul Quader, the minister of roads, transport, and bridges; Mohibul Hasan Chowdhoury, the minister of education; Anisul Huq, the minister of law; Mohammad Ali Arafat, the state minister for information and broadcasting; and Zunaid Ahmed Palak, the state minister for post, telecommunications, and information technology.
It states that while police are involved in "arrest business," the government has filed lawsuits against more than two lakh persons in Dhaka in recent days.
Additionally, the announcement stated that approximately 10,000 persons had been detained nationwide.