Anti-Discrimination Students Movement has announced a nationwide mass procession of students and people after Jumma prayer on Friday (August 2) protesting mass killings and wholesale arrest.
Abdul Quader, coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement, announced the programme issuing a statement.
He announced the programme titled, "Prayer and Students-People's Mass Procession" for Friday in protest against the mass killings, wholesale arrest, and also for realising their 9-point demands.
The coordinator also made a clarion call to all the citizens of the country including workers, professionals, cultural activists, media workers, human rights activists, intellectuals, alems and ulemas to make Friday's prayer and mass procession a success taking part in those programmes spontaneously.
The statement said prayers will be offered at mosques after Jumma prayers, fateha will be offered at the martyred graves, prayers will be arranged at all worship places including temples, churches and pagodas.
The statement said, "Today, the student community cannot sleep peacefully at home. They pass every moment being afraid of arrest and panic-stricken. Bangladesh's skies and air become heavier with the wailing of the relatives of martyrs and victims of forced disappearances. Besides, police like terrorists have attacked the nation's best sons, i.e, university teachers right on the campuses. Even, some police officials have physically assaulted Dhaka University's two respected teachers -- Public Administration department's Shehrin Amin Monami and Nusrat Jahan Chowdhury. We strongly condemn and protest such heinous attack on teachers."
The statement said: "You all know that we launched our movement not for any personal interest. Our movement was for the freedom of you and your children. What were our crimes? Demanding constitutional rights was our crime? Why hundreds of our brothers were murdered? We don't know its answer, but we will not stop our movement without an answer and justice."
Meanwhile, Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam, two of the coordinators, vowed to continue their movement.
In separate Facebook posts they came up with the announcement after being released from the Detective Branch custody.
Hasnat wrote, "Our movement will continue till the last individual arrested during the movement is released."
Sarjis said, "Since this is the path of truth and justice, we are not at all afraid of facing anything. Until…mass arrests, torture, and oppression are stopped, this fight will continue."
Earlier in the day, the government announced to offer prayers at mosques after the Jumma prayer for the deceased who were killed in the recent violence seeking salvation of their departed souls, and the speedy recovery of the injured.
Besides, special prayers will be held at temples, churches, and pagodas at a convenient time on August 4, the Ministry of Religious Affairs said in a press release.
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