This is not what the movement fought for
This is an editorial from the Dhaka Tribune (published August 17, 2024) criticizing student activists in Bangladesh for engaging in the same authoritarian behaviors they had previously protested against under Sheikh Hasina's government. Specifically, the editorial condemns students for stopping civilians on Dhaka streets, searching their phones and belongings without legal authority, and acting violently toward journalists on August 15, 2024 (the death anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) near Dhanmondi 32. The editorial's core argument is that with an interim government now in place — one that already includes two student movement representatives in advisory roles — there is no justification for student activists to continue operating in the streets and resorting to the same undemocratic tactics used by groups like Chhatro League and Chhatro Dal, which they had originally opposed.
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Dhaka Tribune. "This is not what the movement fought for." Dhaka Tribune, 2024. July Archive. https://julyarchive.org/sources/this-is-not-what-the-movement-fought-for-388e3f58.
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