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Procession of the black flag. Photo: DH Badal
Dhaka: A black flag procession started towards the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday (October 6) to protest the recent rape and torture across the country, including Begumganj in Noakhali.
An anti-rape demonstration under the slogan “Bangladesh Against Rapists” began at Shahbagh corner of the capital around 12 noon on Tuesday.
Then, at 1:10 pm, a black flag procession was led from the Shahbagh crossing to the Prime Minister’s Office. Worker and writer-poet bloggers from various progressive student organizations, including the student union, the socialist student front have joined the mass gathering. 
Since the meeting, the protesters are on the ground with anti-rape slogans such as ‘My land, my mother, rapists will not be there’, the state that does not accept the status of the rapist ‘,’ The state that feeds the rapist, including the state ‘.
They were supposed to hold a demonstration under the slogan “Bangladesh Against Rape” starting at 11 am. However, due to the rain, the rape rally started late.
Jahar Lal Roy, president of the Dhaka metropolitan branch of the student union, told banglanews that the arrival of our workers was delayed due to the rain. We have started meeting. I will begin my journey to the Prime Minister’s Office in a while.
On Monday (October 5) morning, people of different classes and professions, including student union workers, began to take a position at the Shahbagh intersection in protest of recent rape incidents in various parts of the country, including the torture of a woman in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali. From there, they vigorously protested the statement made by the Interior Minister that “rapes occur in all parts of the world.” They also demanded exemplary punishment for rapists in no time. Later in the evening, they announced another rally on Tuesday and a black flag procession to the Prime Minister’s Office.
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Bangladesh time: 1332 hours, October 8, 2020
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