Thousands of demonstrators under the ‘Anti-Discrimination Student Movement’ took to the streets in different parts of the capital on Thursday, braving rains to protest the recent killings of students and citizens, arrests, and oppression.
As part of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement's prayers and mass procession programme, hundreds of students from different educational institutions brought out processions, turning the capital into a city of processions. They were joined by teachers and cultural activists.
Thousands have gathered at Shahbagh and the National Press Club in response to students' calls to continue protesting against the mass killings and arrests.
Following the Jumu'ah prayers at Baitul Mukarram Mosque, people marched toward Shahbagh via Paltan, Press Club, and Matsya Bhaban.
Students occupied roads at Uttara, Science Lab intersection, Badda, Rampura, Aftabnagar, and Shahbagh to stage protests.
Hundreds of students took positions at the Science Lab intersection around 1 PM and have been staging demonstrations protesting the recent killings and demanding justice.
A huge number of police were seen deployed in the area with prison vans, reports our photographer from the spot.
Students brought out a procession and rally in front of Rajuk Uttara Model College in Uttara at 10 AM on Friday as part of the program of the anti-discrimination student movement. They were joined by teachers and guardians of different levels of the college. Traffic on the road in front of the college was stopped due to the two-hour protest.
Artists under the platform "Artists Against Genocide and Oppression" held a rally in the Dhanmondi area in the capital on Thursday morning. They chanted slogans demanding justice for the killings in front of the Abahani Field on Sat Masjid Road, reports our photographer from the spot. They demanded an end to repression, mass arrests, bringing relief to public life by lifting the curfew, and the resignation of the government, accepting responsibility for all the killings.
Speakers at the rally said they believe it is the duty of the artist community to stand against the ongoing state injustice and oppression.
The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on Thursday announced a nationwide prayers and mass procession for Friday to press home their 9-point demands. The program was announced in a press release sent by Abdul Kader, a coordinator of the movement.
The campaign is being organised in memory of all those who were martyred, injured, arrested, or participated in the movement, it reads.
UNB correspondents from Barishal, Khulna, and Chattogram reported that people staged demonstrations and brought out processions in different areas.
