Anti-discrimination Students Movement

Anti-discrimination Students Movement ( bn, বৈষম্যবিরোধী ছাত্র আন্দোলন) is a student organization in Bangladesh formed by students during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. The group led the movement.

History

The organization was created on 1 July 2024. On 8 July 2024, the organization 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 organization 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 organization. Among them are Nahid Islam, Rifat Rashid, student of International Relations Department of University of Dhaka, Sarjis Alam, student of Botany Department, Hasnat Abdullah, Asif Mahmud and Abu Bakr Majumdar of English Department, Arif Sohel, student of Jahangirnagar University and others.

The protesters under the banner of "Anti-discrimination student movement" had continuously organized four-point demands in 1 July 2024, in support of the quota reform in Bangladesh. From July 2 to 6, students of various institutions held protests, human chains, highway blockades, etc. in different parts of the country. On July 7, students called for the Bangla Blockade on behalf of the anti-discrimination student movement, under which students staged demonstrations, marches, civil disobedience and blockades of highways and railways.

One of the group's organizers, Abu Sayed, was shot and killed by the Bangladesh Police on 16 July 2024.

The movement has been credited for successfully pushing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign on 5 August 2024.

Organizers

References

{{Quota reform movement in Bangladesh
2024 establishments in Bangladesh
Student organisations in Bangladesh
2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement