Anti-Discrimination Student Movement: Difference between revisions

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Anti-discrimination Students Movement or Students Against Discrimination (Bengali: বৈষম্যবিরোধী ছাত্র আন্দোলন, Romanized: Bôiṣômyôbirōdhī Chātrô Āndōlôn) is a politically non-affiliated platform of student activists in Bangladesh formed in 2024 during the nationwide student-led quota reform movement. The group is credited for the ousting of the country's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024 through the Student–People's uprising.

On 22 October 2024, the Anti-discrimination Students Movement and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee jointly announced a five-point demand, advocating for sweeping political and constitutional changes to dismantle what they describe as a "fascist political settlement" and replace it with a democratic one.

History

The organisation was created on 1 July 2024. On 8 July 2024, it announced a 65-member committee, comprising 23 coordinators and 42 co-coordinators, to make the movement a success after its creation. On 3 August, after the agitation grew in scale, the group formed a 158-member coordination team with students from various educational institutions, of which 49 were coordinators and 109 were co-coordinators.

Since its inception, several coordinators have been seen at the helm of this group. Among them are Nahid Islam, Rifat Rashid, student of International Relations Department of University of Dhaka, Sarjis Alam, student of Zoology Department of Dhaka University, Hasnat Abdullah, Asif Mahmud and Abu Bakr Majumdar of English Department, Arif Sohel, student of Jahangirnagar University and others.

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 On 22 October 2024, the Anti-discrimination Students Movement and the [[Jatiya Nagorik Committee]] jointly announced a five-point demand, advocating for sweeping political and constitutional changes to dismantle what they describe as a "fascist political settlement" and replace it with a democratic one.
+==History==
+The organisation was created on 1 July 2024. On 8 July 2024, it announced a 65-member committee, comprising 23 coordinators and 42 co-coordinators, to make the movement a success after its creation. On 3 August, after the agitation grew in scale, the group formed a 158-member coordination team with students from various educational institutions, of which 49 were coordinators and 109 were co-coordinators.
+Since its inception, several coordinators have been seen at the helm of this group. Among them are [[Nahid Islam]], Rifat Rashid, student of International Relations Department of [[University of Dhaka]], [[Sarjis Alam]], student of [[Zoology]] [[Department]] of Dhaka University, [[Hasnat Abdullah]], [[Asif Mahmud]] and [[Abu Bakr Majumdar]] of English Department, [[Arif Sohel]], student of [[Jahangirnagar University]] and others.