Call for a black flag procession to the prime minister’s office

Dhaka: A black flag procession was called to the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday (October 8) in protest at the recent rape and torture across the country, including in Begumganj, Noakhali.

The protesters made the announcement on Monday (October 5) evening under the slogan “Bangladesh Against Rape”.

Jahar Lal Roy, president of the metropolitan branch of the Dhaka student union, told banglanews that we have been on the streets since Monday morning. I have decided in the evening that we will meet again at 11am on Tuesday at Projonmo Chattar in Shahbag. And from there I will march the black flag to the Prime Minister’s Office from 11:30 am to 12 noon.

Early in the morning, leaders and activists from the Sammana organization, including the student union, organized an agitation under the Bangladeshi flag against rape. They put out a protest procession around 4:30 pm. At the end of the procession, they organized a protest rally at Projonmo Chattar in Shahbag.

The president of the student union Mehedi Hasan Nobel and the general secretary Anik Roy, the president of the Socialist Student Front Al Qaderi Joy, the president of the Dhaka metropolitan branch of the student union Jahar Lal Roy, the former general secretary of the student union Liton Nandi and others spoke at the rally.

At that time, speakers said, incidents of rape are on the rise as there is no exemplary trial for rape. Not all events come to the fore. The government is responsible for arresting some people in the incidents that occur. We have to get out of this. Violators should receive exemplary punishment.

They further said that at present the student organization of the ruling party is becoming reckless. They are showing their power and they are committing heinous acts like rape.

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Bangladesh time: 1925 hours, October 5, 2020
DN / TA