University Teachers’ Network demand justice for killing of students
They said the govt must take responsibility for such violence
The University Teachers' Network has condemned the killing of students during the recent quota reform movement and demanded justice.
Teachers from various public and private universities gathered in front of the National Museum at Shahbagh around 11:30am today (29 July).
From there, a silent procession started and they took position at the foot of the Aparajeyo Bangla sculpture in front of Dhaka University's Arts Faculty Building. There, the teachers observed a minute of silence in memory of the victims.
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Professor Sayeed Ferdous of the Anthropology Department of Jahangirnagar University presided over the gathering.
During the procession, teachers said there is no precedence of such a bloody uprising in Bangladesh. Most of the students and crowds who were shot dead were under 18. They strongly condemned this incident and demanded justice.
Stamford University Professor Nahid Newaz said, "More than 200 people died. Not only students but also workers, day-labourers, rickshaw-pullers, pedestrians and children also died. The government must take responsibility for such violence."
Masud Imran Manu, professor of the Archeology Department of Jahangirnagar University, said, "Our students are being picked up every moment. This movement is no longer limited to quota reform, it has now become a movement of the whole of Bangladesh."
At the end of the meeting, the teachers started a protest march from Aparajeyo Bangla at 1pm. The march went around the central library of the university and ended back at the sculpture.
