Anti-Discrimination Student Movement
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.
Coordinators
- Nahid Islam[1]
- Sarjis Alam[2]
- Asif Mahmud[1]
- Mahfuz Alam (liaison committee)[3]
- Shadik Kayem (DU Shibir president)[4]
- Rifat Rashid[5]
- Hasnat Abdullah (convener)[6]
- Abu Sayed (Rangpur)[7]
- Abu Baker Mazumder[5]
- Abdul Hannan Masud (chief organiser)[8]
- Arif Shohel (member secretary)[8]
- Khan Talat Mahmud Rafy (Chattogram)[9]
- Nusrat Tabassum[10]
- Abdul Kader[11]
- Mahin Sarker[12]
- Hasib Al Islam[13]
- Umama Fatema (spokesperson)[14]
- Abdullah Salehin Ayon[15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Who is student leader Asif Mahmud? Explainer
- ↑ Sarjis congratulates advisers Nahid, Asif
- ↑ Student leader Mahfuz Alam made special assistant to chief adviser Accessed: 2024-08-29.
- ↑ Student movement organiser Shadik exposed as Shibir president Accessed: 2024-09-24.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 3 missing coordinators of anti-discriminatory student movement found
- ↑ 'Cooperate with law enforcement, maintain good relations with journos': Anti-quota movement coordinator sets guidelines Accessed: 2024-08-11.
- ↑ Dr Yunus to visit Abu Sayed's home on Saturday
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Four new teams formed to rebuild Anti-discrimination Student Movement
- ↑ BCL man 'threatens' CU quota protest leader
- ↑ Nusrat Tabassum: 'I want to be the voice of the masses'
- ↑ How 9-point charter of demand emerged during student movement, narrates coordinator Kader Accessed: 2024-10-18.
- ↑ Quota reform: Coordinators announce fresh programme from secret location Accessed: 2024-10-18.
- ↑ আন্দোলনে আহতরা চিকিৎসা কেনো পাচ্ছে না? Hasib Al Islam- Rtv News RTV News. Accessed: 2024-10-18.
- ↑ Umama Fatema: One of the forefront agitator in quota reform movement Accessed: 2024-10-18.
- ↑ Four new teams formed to rebuild Anti-discrimination Student Movement Accessed: 2024-10-18.