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Two Students Killed in Police Firing During Vietnam Solidarity Protest in 1973 Bangladesh
On January 1, 1973, independent Bangladesh witnessed its first recorded instance of police opening fire on a student protest, resulting in the deaths of two young protesters—Matiul Islam (21) and Mirza Kaderul Islam (17). The protest was part of a broader demonstration against United States military aggression in Vietnam. The protest took place amid a…
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10 Years Since Tanu’s Murder Still No Arrest, No Trial
Ten years ago, on March 20, 2016, Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a 19-year-old student and theater activist, was raped and murdered inside the Cumilla Cantonment. Ten years later, there have been no arrests, no trial, and no justice. What remains is a case that has moved through multiple hands but gone nowhere, leaving behind a family…
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Two Years of No Justice: The Case of Fairuz Sadaf Avantika
“I know this is not a solution, but they are not letting me live. Believe me, I wanted to live… This is not suicide; this is murder. Technically, murder,” these were the words posted on Facebook by Fairuz Sadaf Avantika (24), a student of the 13th batch of the Department of Law at Jagannath University,…
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