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A protest rally outside the Shahbagh National Museum on Friday afternoon demanded “trial for the murder of Mushtaq in state custody, unconditional release of political prisoners, including students and workers, and repeal of the digital security law.”
Speaking at the rally, Masud Rana, president of the Socialist (Marxist) Student Front, said: “If the government does not make a decision on the repeal of the digital security law by Sunday, we will announce a wider movement at a press conference “.
Professor Mohammad Tanzim Uddin Khan from the Department of International Relations at Dhaka University addressed the meeting under the banner of “Progressive Student Organizations”.
In demanding the repeal of the Digital Security Law, he said: “This law is not intended to remove language from everyone’s mouth, only to remove the language of those whose mouth is biased, who want to show the way to this.” state, they are creative people. “The first martyr of this law is the creative writer Mushtaq. If this law is not repealed, the consequences will be dire.”
Writer and researcher Maha Mirza said: “A lot of people are talking about reforming the Digital Security Law. But we want to repeal this black law. Because this law has some sections and subsections that violate human rights. It is not possible to preserve it in any way without reforming it. Because the beginning and the end of this law is oppressive and a violation of human rights ”.
The rally demanded the release of Ruhul Amin, a trade union leader from Khulna, and the repeal of the Digital Security Law, along with seven leaders and activists from a progressive student organization arrested in a torchlight procession in Shahbag on February 28.
The Secretary General of the Student Federation Zahid Sujan, the organizer of the rally. Harun Aur Rashid, Professor at Jessore University of Science and Technology, Abhinu Kibria Islam, Secretary General of Odichi Shilpi Gosthi Jamshed Anwar, BSD Member Manas Nandi, President of Nari Mukti Kendra Seema Dutta spoke. In addition, the general secretary of the student union Deepak Shil, the president of the Golam Mostafa student federation, the general secretary of the socialist student front Nasir Uddin Prince and leaders and activists of left-wing student organizations were present.
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