‘The July uprising was about truth and justice’
This article from The Daily Star (published August 5, 2026) marks the two-year anniversary of Bangladesh's July-August 2024 student uprising, which toppled an autocratic regime that had ruled for over 15 years. It features first-hand accounts from three female student protesters — Nasita Binte Nasir, Lamisha Jaman, and Kameliya Sharmin Chura — describing the violence they witnessed and survived, including live gunfire, tear gas, military tanks, and attacks by the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). The women reflect on their motivations, the chaos and brutality of the crackdown, and their disillusionment with post-uprising Bangladesh, where they feel the original goals of truth, justice, and ending discrimination remain largely unfulfilled.
- Attribution
- The Daily Star
- Publisher
- The Daily Star
- Rights
- Rights retained by the original publisher. Archived as a preservation copy for public research, with attribution and a link to the original.
- Persistent ID
- ark:/19160/sde7g75j55bb5bgtcjqup6iycu4
Cite this source
The Daily Star. "‘The July uprising was about truth and justice’." The Daily Star, 2026. July Archive. https://julyarchive.org/sources/the-july-uprising-was-about-truth-and-justice-193e6ff5.
Persistent identifier: ark:/19160/sde7g75j55bb5bgtcjqup6iycu4
Free to use with due credit — please cite the attribution above.