July Uprising awakened conscience of entire generation: Nafsin  | July Uprising

This news article from Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), dated July 31, 2025, features an interview with Nafsin Mehanaz Azireen, a North South University student who played a prominent role in mobilizing female students during Bangladesh's July Uprising of 2024, a mass protest movement against the government of Sheikh Hasina. In the interview, Nafsin describes joining the movement on July 15, 2024, after witnessing state violence against public university students protesting the quota system, and reflects on the significant role women played in the uprising. She also discusses the personal risks and hardships she faced, including police surveillance, death threats from Chhatra League activists, and post-uprising harassment of female protest leaders through social media and AI-generated defamatory images. The article's main topics include the political significance of the July Uprising as a pro-democracy movement, the specific contributions of female students, the eventual flight of Sheikh Hasina from power, and Nafsin's vision for a future Bangladesh characterized by democratic freedoms, gender equality, and an end to corruption and authoritarian rule.

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