Teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have held a silent procession, covering their faces and heads with red cloths, to protest against the killing, abduction, torture, and arrest of students and ordinary citizens across the country.
The procession, organised under the banner of ‘Jahangirnagar Against Discrimination’, saw participation from university students expressing solidarity with the cause.
The protesters gathered at the university's Shaheed Minar at 12pm on Wednesday (30 July). They marched to a newly constructed memorial dedicated to students killed during the quota reform movement, where they observed a minute of silence in honour of the departed souls.
Mridha Md. Shibli Noman, assistant professor of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, moderated the procession.
He highlighted the teachers' condemnation of the ongoing violence, lawsuits, oppression, and detentions targeting those involved in the nationwide quota reform movement.
Professor Anwarullah Bhuiyan of the Department of Philosophy said, "When oppressive and authoritarian rulers hold state power, we witness their complete design and implementation. When students take to the streets with their rightful demands, state forces, various apparatuses, and their patronised organisations injure students.”
“Now, the government is indiscriminately detaining students and torturing them in jail. We are witnessing the dreadful state reminiscent of the dark night of '71,” he said.
