Mark the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BSL) as a terrorist group
Mark the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BSL) as a terrorist group
The Issue
The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BSL), a student wing of the ruling political party Awami League in Bangladesh, has long been associated with violence, intimidation, and other forms of unlawful behavior. Despite its stated mission of promoting student welfare and political engagement, the BSL has often been implicated in acts that undermine the safety and security of citizens, including physical assaults, harassment, and vandalism. This petition seeks to formally recognize the Bangladesh Chhatra League as a terrorist group, in order to hold it accountable for its actions and protect the rights and safety of individuals in Bangladesh. By signing this petition, we demand that the international community and relevant authorities take a stand against the violence perpetrated by the BSL and work towards a safer and more just society for all.
Hooliganism
Attacks on Students in Quota Reform movement
The joint forces of the Chhatra League and Bangladesh Police violently suppressed the protesters of the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. 200+ individuals were killed, and more than 15000+ were injured.
reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement
Culture of torture in university dormitories
Bangladesh's ruling party Awami League's student wing Chhatra league has repeatedly been criticised for illegally building up torture cells in public university dormitories by using political power. Reports published in journals and newspapers say residual students who do not join Chhatra League's programmes are tortured and ragged in these cells. To interrogate and torture these students, the organization has turned the dormitories' guest rooms and TV rooms into torture and interrogation cells.
Many students have died facing their brutal torture and internal clashes. Awami League's rule in Bangladesh commenced in 2009 and just between 2009 and 2014, 33 students have been killed and almost 1500 have been injured by Chhatra League. Furthermore, the organization has reportedly killed 129 students between 2014 and 2018. To get away with their crimes, the organization maintains a reign of terror on university campuses so that no student dares to file any complaint against their torture.
Besides, Chhatra League distributes dormitory seats at Chittagong University instead of authorities. Only those who join Chhatra League after being enrolled, get the chance to stay in the residential halls.
reference: https://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/spotlight/news/terror-rising-1811842
2018 conflicts
In March 2018, a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) suffered a bullet wound during a clash between two BSL factions. Reportedly, two factions of the SUST unit of BSL, led by vice-presidents of the unit, had battled over establishing supremacy on the campus. A group of BSL men, led by Akando and colleagues, attacked another man in a restaurant near the university. The man responded with a gunshot which injured another student.
In July 2018, protests and counter-violence erupted at various universities, particularly Rajshahi University, over the quota reform movement, which sought to change the quota system that allocated 56% of Bangladesh government jobs to specific classes. In a protest procession on 2 July 2018, quota-reform movement leader Toriqul Islam and 15 others were attacked with sticks, bamboo poles, dagger and hammer. Islam's leg was broken as a result of the attack. A correspondent from The Daily Star filmed the incident and the newspaper reported that it had identified eleven of the attackers, stating that ten were members of the BSL. Video and photos of the attack circulated on social media, prompting criticism over police and university administration inaction.
reference: https://web.archive.org/web/20180709162222/http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/142409
Dhaka road safety protest attacks
On 29 July 2018, two students were killed and a further twelve people were injured when a bus hit a bus stop in Dhaka. Protests began shortly afterward, demanding better road safety. During the protests, BSL members were alleged to have been involved in numerous attacks on protestors throughout Bangladesh. On 5 August 2018, a number of photojournalists were attacked, allegedly by members of the BSL wearing helmets. Law enforcement officers were present but did not make any attempt to stop the attack.
reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Bangladesh_road_safety_protests
Attack on US ambassador
At the night of 4 August 2018, the then US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat's motorcade came under an attack carried out by leaders and activists of Awami League and its affiliate organizations. The attack was led by a local Chhatra league leader named Naimul Hasan. On that night, the US diplomat had had dinner in Dhaka's Mohammadpur locality with Badiul Alam Majumdar, Kamal Hossain and some of Bangladesh's other eminent citizens. As she came out and was on her way home from there around 11 pm, the armed group attacked her motorcade. Two members of her protocol were pounced when they tried to obstruct the attacker group. After that, the attackers struck two cars with sticks, pelted brick chips and chased the cars causing Badiul to file a case in this regard. Later, they vandalised Badiul Alam Majumdar's residence and sent death threats to him and his wife.
Attack on journalists
Reporters Without Borders in its 2020 country report mentioned that during the 2020 Dhaka City Corporation Election, Chhatra League goons attacked and beaten at least 10 journalists brutally as they tried to cover the massive rigging during the election.
reference: https://web.archive.org/web/20200429101439/https://rsf.org/en/bangladesh
Attacks on Anti-Modi Protesters
Leader of Dhaka University's Chhatra League unit Sanjit Chandra Das declared to "peel off the skin" of the protesters if they protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit in March 2021 to Bangladesh. His supporters attacked progressive students, Muslims inside the national mosque compound in Dhaka,[85] and students inside a madrasa compound in Brahmanbaria to quell their protests against Modi triggering a violent anti-Modi protest across the country that claimed 10 lives as of 27 March.
reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Bangladesh_Anti-Modi_Protest
Communal Violence
Leaders and activists of the Chhatra League were found involved in the coordinated attacks on the Hindu community of Bangladesh in at least two districts during the 2021 Bangladesh communal violence, Chandpur and Rangpur. In Chandpur, two Chhatra League activists initiated a protest on the alleged "demeaning of Quran" that lead to the attack on local temples and pandals.
Rape cases
Culture of rape in Jahangirnagar University
The general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League Jahangirnagar University unit, Jasimuddin Manik and his followers celebrated the rape of 100th girls including at least 20 students of the university in 1998. This led to a series of protests which resulted in the expulsion of Manik and his followers from the university on 2 August 1999 after the 1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement.
Reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_JU_Anti-Rape_Movement
Women harassment on Pohela Boishakh 2015
On Bangla New Year celebration of Dhaka University campus, a group of students sexually assaulted women on the venue and tried to strip them off their clothing. Law enforcement was present in the vicinity, yet the miscreants were not stopped.
Reference: https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2015/04/15/boishakh-celebration-women-harassed-near-tsc
Gang Rape of a schoolgirl in Narayanganj
On 8 January 2020, a schoolgirl was reportedly abducted from Gandharbpur Bus Stand area in Narayanganj by a group led by Abu Sufian Sohan, vice president of Tarabo Municipality Chhatra League. After a couple of days of gang rape, they left the schoolgirl at Sanarpar area in Siddhirganj and ran away. The same group was also accused of raping two garment workers. On 12 January, Police arrested Sohan with drugs from Ashuganj area. Afterwards, he was expelled from Chhatra League.
MC College rape allegations
On 28 September 2020, The Daily Star, reported that BSL had participated in factional clashes at MC College, which resulted in 4 people dying in various incidents since 2018. The report came after BSL activists allegedly raped a woman in front of "BCL [BSL] Men's Room" at MC College. The victim's husband filed a rape against several BSL activists and the victim named several in her court statement. A total of 7 suspects were arrested as of 29 September 2020. DNA reports confirmed involvement of the suspects.
Rape of tourist in Cox's Bazar
A woman tourist, housewife and mother of an eight-month-old child, was gang-raped by Joy, Ashiq, and Babu in December 2021. The trio was reported to be close aide to Cox's Bazar Zila Chhatra League President SM Saddam Hossain. The woman tourist was first separated from her husband and children, who were held as hostages by the three alleged rapists while the woman tourist was raped in the tourism capital of Bangladesh. Prominent women rights activist Shireen Huq opined that the incident is "misogyny and banditry at its worst."
Reference: https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/tourist-raped-coxs-bazar-2924216
Rape of a young woman in Gopalganj
Govt. Muksudpur College Chhatra League General Secretary Naim Kazi was arrested on charges of abducting and raping a young woman in February 2022. The rape victim was his own sister-in-law and the case was filed by his own father-in-law. According to the case statement, Naim forcefully abducted his sister-in-law on 21 January 2022 and raped her in an unknown place.
Rape attempt in Chattogram University
A first year female student of the Chattagram University was stripped naked after some Chhatra League goons picked her up right in front of her dormitory inside the university and attempted to rape her in July 2022. Later, an investigation by law enforcement agencies found that the five accused are activists of the Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury's close aide Rezaul Haque. Rezaul Haque obstructed the girl from filing complaint for which he was served a show-cause notice from Chhatra League. But before this incident, two more students were sexually assaulted by the followers of Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury inside the campus and the Chattagram University parked the cases as they involved Chhatra League and the minister.
Sexual exploitation at Eden College
Allegations against the Chhatra League leadership of sexually exploiting female students surfaced on the media, made by their colleagues at the Eden Mohila College, in September 2022. A section of Chhatra League leaders in Eden College claimed that the President of the unit, blessed by the senior leadership of the organization, blackmailed young students with their compromising photographs and videos to 'sexually submit to male party leaders and high-ups'.
Reference: https://www.newagebd.net/article/182330/women-leaders-seek-probe-into-allegations
Rape of a housewife in Bogura
On 9 August 2022, a case was filed against Sonatala Upazila Chhatra League General Secretary Sujan Kumar Ghosh by a housewife over rape allegations. She also said that Ghosh threatened her to not to share the incident with anyone. The case led to his expulsion from Chhatra League.
Rape of a speech-impaired teen in Lakshmipur
On 6 December 2022, Vice President of Kamalnagar Upazila Chhatra League Mahbub Alam Shiplu was arrested over allegations of raping a speech-impaired teen. According to the case statement, the 17-year-old rape survivor's aunt caught Shiplu red-handed while doing the heinous crime.
Murder cases
Killing of Nahid Hossain
A mob allegedly led by Dhaka College Chhatra League killed Nahid Hossain, a poor deliveryman, during a clash with local shopkeepers of New Market, Dhaka. Nahid Hossain, who was in his twenties, started from him home of Kamrangirchar to his workplace at Elephant Road on 20 April. But a few yards away from his workplace, he was surrounded by a mob allegedly led by the activists of Chhatra League from the Dhaka College, who beat him down and lynched him with sharp machettes mercilessly only to leave him die on the street.
reference: https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/murder-most-foul-3009636
Murder of Abrar Fahad
Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) was beaten to death on 7 October 2019, after Bangladesh Chhatra League men allegedly questioned him on suspicion of being a supporter of another student organization, Chhatra Shibir.
Alleged students were: Mehedi Hasan Rasel of civil engineering, general secretary of BUET BSL, Muhtasim Fuad of civil engineering vice-president, Mehedi Hasan Robein of chemical engineering, the organizing secretary, Anik Sarker of mechanical engineering, the secretary of information and research affairs, Ishtiaq Ahmed Munna of mechanical engineering, the publication affairs secretary, Ifti Mosharraf Shakal of biomedical engineering batch-16, the deputy social welfare secretary, Meftahul Islam Zion of naval architecture and marine engineering, the sports secretary, Muzahidur Rahman Muzahid of civil engineering, Muntasir Alam Jemi of chemical engineering, Khandaker Tabakhkharul Islam Tanvir of mechanical engineering, Moniruzzaman Monir, Water Resources Engineering Department, Akash Hossain, Civil Engineering Department and Shamsul Arefin Rafat, Mechanical Engineering Department of BUET.
On 8 December 2021, a Bangladesh court sentenced 20 university students (all members of BSL) to death and five more to life imprisonment for killing Fahad.
reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Abrar_Fahad
Murder of Biswajit Das
Biswajit Das, a 24-year-old tailor in Dhaka, Bangladesh, was murdered on 9 December 2012 by members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League who mistook Das for an opposition supporter. Das was chased and attacked with machetes, iron bars, and hockey sticks. He was taken to Mitford Hospital, where he shortly died of his wounds. Twenty-one BSL activists were found guilty of murder on 18 December 2013. Eight were sentenced to death and thirteen were sentenced to life in prison. Only eight of the twenty-one defendants were in custody at the time of the sentence, with the remaining thirteen tried in absentia.
Reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Biswajit_Das
We cannot turn a blind eye to the violence and intimidation that the Bangladesh Chhatra League has perpetuated under the guise of political activism. It is time for the international community and local authorities to acknowledge the true nature of this organization and take decisive action. By labeling the BSL as a terrorist group, we can send a clear message that such actions will not be tolerated and that the safety and rights of all citizens must be protected. Your support for this petition is a crucial step in advocating for justice and peace in Bangladesh. Together, we can make a difference and help ensure a safer future for everyone. Please sign and share this petition widely.
Note: All the informations collected from Wikipedia and renowned news media.
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The Issue
The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BSL), a student wing of the ruling political party Awami League in Bangladesh, has long been associated with violence, intimidation, and other forms of unlawful behavior. Despite its stated mission of promoting student welfare and political engagement, the BSL has often been implicated in acts that undermine the safety and security of citizens, including physical assaults, harassment, and vandalism. This petition seeks to formally recognize the Bangladesh Chhatra League as a terrorist group, in order to hold it accountable for its actions and protect the rights and safety of individuals in Bangladesh. By signing this petition, we demand that the international community and relevant authorities take a stand against the violence perpetrated by the BSL and work towards a safer and more just society for all.
Hooliganism
Attacks on Students in Quota Reform movement
The joint forces of the Chhatra League and Bangladesh Police violently suppressed the protesters of the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. 200+ individuals were killed, and more than 15000+ were injured.
reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement
Culture of torture in university dormitories
Bangladesh's ruling party Awami League's student wing Chhatra league has repeatedly been criticised for illegally building up torture cells in public university dormitories by using political power. Reports published in journals and newspapers say residual students who do not join Chhatra League's programmes are tortured and ragged in these cells. To interrogate and torture these students, the organization has turned the dormitories' guest rooms and TV rooms into torture and interrogation cells.
Many students have died facing their brutal torture and internal clashes. Awami League's rule in Bangladesh commenced in 2009 and just between 2009 and 2014, 33 students have been killed and almost 1500 have been injured by Chhatra League. Furthermore, the organization has reportedly killed 129 students between 2014 and 2018. To get away with their crimes, the organization maintains a reign of terror on university campuses so that no student dares to file any complaint against their torture.
Besides, Chhatra League distributes dormitory seats at Chittagong University instead of authorities. Only those who join Chhatra League after being enrolled, get the chance to stay in the residential halls.
reference: https://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/spotlight/news/terror-rising-1811842
2018 conflicts
In March 2018, a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) suffered a bullet wound during a clash between two BSL factions. Reportedly, two factions of the SUST unit of BSL, led by vice-presidents of the unit, had battled over establishing supremacy on the campus. A group of BSL men, led by Akando and colleagues, attacked another man in a restaurant near the university. The man responded with a gunshot which injured another student.
In July 2018, protests and counter-violence erupted at various universities, particularly Rajshahi University, over the quota reform movement, which sought to change the quota system that allocated 56% of Bangladesh government jobs to specific classes. In a protest procession on 2 July 2018, quota-reform movement leader Toriqul Islam and 15 others were attacked with sticks, bamboo poles, dagger and hammer. Islam's leg was broken as a result of the attack. A correspondent from The Daily Star filmed the incident and the newspaper reported that it had identified eleven of the attackers, stating that ten were members of the BSL. Video and photos of the attack circulated on social media, prompting criticism over police and university administration inaction.
reference: https://web.archive.org/web/20180709162222/http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/142409
Dhaka road safety protest attacks
On 29 July 2018, two students were killed and a further twelve people were injured when a bus hit a bus stop in Dhaka. Protests began shortly afterward, demanding better road safety. During the protests, BSL members were alleged to have been involved in numerous attacks on protestors throughout Bangladesh. On 5 August 2018, a number of photojournalists were attacked, allegedly by members of the BSL wearing helmets. Law enforcement officers were present but did not make any attempt to stop the attack.
reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Bangladesh_road_safety_protests
Attack on US ambassador
At the night of 4 August 2018, the then US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat's motorcade came under an attack carried out by leaders and activists of Awami League and its affiliate organizations. The attack was led by a local Chhatra league leader named Naimul Hasan. On that night, the US diplomat had had dinner in Dhaka's Mohammadpur locality with Badiul Alam Majumdar, Kamal Hossain and some of Bangladesh's other eminent citizens. As she came out and was on her way home from there around 11 pm, the armed group attacked her motorcade. Two members of her protocol were pounced when they tried to obstruct the attacker group. After that, the attackers struck two cars with sticks, pelted brick chips and chased the cars causing Badiul to file a case in this regard. Later, they vandalised Badiul Alam Majumdar's residence and sent death threats to him and his wife.
Attack on journalists
Reporters Without Borders in its 2020 country report mentioned that during the 2020 Dhaka City Corporation Election, Chhatra League goons attacked and beaten at least 10 journalists brutally as they tried to cover the massive rigging during the election.
reference: https://web.archive.org/web/20200429101439/https://rsf.org/en/bangladesh
Attacks on Anti-Modi Protesters
Leader of Dhaka University's Chhatra League unit Sanjit Chandra Das declared to "peel off the skin" of the protesters if they protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit in March 2021 to Bangladesh. His supporters attacked progressive students, Muslims inside the national mosque compound in Dhaka,[85] and students inside a madrasa compound in Brahmanbaria to quell their protests against Modi triggering a violent anti-Modi protest across the country that claimed 10 lives as of 27 March.
reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Bangladesh_Anti-Modi_Protest
Communal Violence
Leaders and activists of the Chhatra League were found involved in the coordinated attacks on the Hindu community of Bangladesh in at least two districts during the 2021 Bangladesh communal violence, Chandpur and Rangpur. In Chandpur, two Chhatra League activists initiated a protest on the alleged "demeaning of Quran" that lead to the attack on local temples and pandals.
Rape cases
Culture of rape in Jahangirnagar University
The general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League Jahangirnagar University unit, Jasimuddin Manik and his followers celebrated the rape of 100th girls including at least 20 students of the university in 1998. This led to a series of protests which resulted in the expulsion of Manik and his followers from the university on 2 August 1999 after the 1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement.
Reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_JU_Anti-Rape_Movement
Women harassment on Pohela Boishakh 2015
On Bangla New Year celebration of Dhaka University campus, a group of students sexually assaulted women on the venue and tried to strip them off their clothing. Law enforcement was present in the vicinity, yet the miscreants were not stopped.
Reference: https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2015/04/15/boishakh-celebration-women-harassed-near-tsc
Gang Rape of a schoolgirl in Narayanganj
On 8 January 2020, a schoolgirl was reportedly abducted from Gandharbpur Bus Stand area in Narayanganj by a group led by Abu Sufian Sohan, vice president of Tarabo Municipality Chhatra League. After a couple of days of gang rape, they left the schoolgirl at Sanarpar area in Siddhirganj and ran away. The same group was also accused of raping two garment workers. On 12 January, Police arrested Sohan with drugs from Ashuganj area. Afterwards, he was expelled from Chhatra League.
MC College rape allegations
On 28 September 2020, The Daily Star, reported that BSL had participated in factional clashes at MC College, which resulted in 4 people dying in various incidents since 2018. The report came after BSL activists allegedly raped a woman in front of "BCL [BSL] Men's Room" at MC College. The victim's husband filed a rape against several BSL activists and the victim named several in her court statement. A total of 7 suspects were arrested as of 29 September 2020. DNA reports confirmed involvement of the suspects.
Rape of tourist in Cox's Bazar
A woman tourist, housewife and mother of an eight-month-old child, was gang-raped by Joy, Ashiq, and Babu in December 2021. The trio was reported to be close aide to Cox's Bazar Zila Chhatra League President SM Saddam Hossain. The woman tourist was first separated from her husband and children, who were held as hostages by the three alleged rapists while the woman tourist was raped in the tourism capital of Bangladesh. Prominent women rights activist Shireen Huq opined that the incident is "misogyny and banditry at its worst."
Reference: https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/tourist-raped-coxs-bazar-2924216
Rape of a young woman in Gopalganj
Govt. Muksudpur College Chhatra League General Secretary Naim Kazi was arrested on charges of abducting and raping a young woman in February 2022. The rape victim was his own sister-in-law and the case was filed by his own father-in-law. According to the case statement, Naim forcefully abducted his sister-in-law on 21 January 2022 and raped her in an unknown place.
Rape attempt in Chattogram University
A first year female student of the Chattagram University was stripped naked after some Chhatra League goons picked her up right in front of her dormitory inside the university and attempted to rape her in July 2022. Later, an investigation by law enforcement agencies found that the five accused are activists of the Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury's close aide Rezaul Haque. Rezaul Haque obstructed the girl from filing complaint for which he was served a show-cause notice from Chhatra League. But before this incident, two more students were sexually assaulted by the followers of Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury inside the campus and the Chattagram University parked the cases as they involved Chhatra League and the minister.
Sexual exploitation at Eden College
Allegations against the Chhatra League leadership of sexually exploiting female students surfaced on the media, made by their colleagues at the Eden Mohila College, in September 2022. A section of Chhatra League leaders in Eden College claimed that the President of the unit, blessed by the senior leadership of the organization, blackmailed young students with their compromising photographs and videos to 'sexually submit to male party leaders and high-ups'.
Reference: https://www.newagebd.net/article/182330/women-leaders-seek-probe-into-allegations
Rape of a housewife in Bogura
On 9 August 2022, a case was filed against Sonatala Upazila Chhatra League General Secretary Sujan Kumar Ghosh by a housewife over rape allegations. She also said that Ghosh threatened her to not to share the incident with anyone. The case led to his expulsion from Chhatra League.
Rape of a speech-impaired teen in Lakshmipur
On 6 December 2022, Vice President of Kamalnagar Upazila Chhatra League Mahbub Alam Shiplu was arrested over allegations of raping a speech-impaired teen. According to the case statement, the 17-year-old rape survivor's aunt caught Shiplu red-handed while doing the heinous crime.
Murder cases
Killing of Nahid Hossain
A mob allegedly led by Dhaka College Chhatra League killed Nahid Hossain, a poor deliveryman, during a clash with local shopkeepers of New Market, Dhaka. Nahid Hossain, who was in his twenties, started from him home of Kamrangirchar to his workplace at Elephant Road on 20 April. But a few yards away from his workplace, he was surrounded by a mob allegedly led by the activists of Chhatra League from the Dhaka College, who beat him down and lynched him with sharp machettes mercilessly only to leave him die on the street.
reference: https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/murder-most-foul-3009636
Murder of Abrar Fahad
Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) was beaten to death on 7 October 2019, after Bangladesh Chhatra League men allegedly questioned him on suspicion of being a supporter of another student organization, Chhatra Shibir.
Alleged students were: Mehedi Hasan Rasel of civil engineering, general secretary of BUET BSL, Muhtasim Fuad of civil engineering vice-president, Mehedi Hasan Robein of chemical engineering, the organizing secretary, Anik Sarker of mechanical engineering, the secretary of information and research affairs, Ishtiaq Ahmed Munna of mechanical engineering, the publication affairs secretary, Ifti Mosharraf Shakal of biomedical engineering batch-16, the deputy social welfare secretary, Meftahul Islam Zion of naval architecture and marine engineering, the sports secretary, Muzahidur Rahman Muzahid of civil engineering, Muntasir Alam Jemi of chemical engineering, Khandaker Tabakhkharul Islam Tanvir of mechanical engineering, Moniruzzaman Monir, Water Resources Engineering Department, Akash Hossain, Civil Engineering Department and Shamsul Arefin Rafat, Mechanical Engineering Department of BUET.
On 8 December 2021, a Bangladesh court sentenced 20 university students (all members of BSL) to death and five more to life imprisonment for killing Fahad.
reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Abrar_Fahad
Murder of Biswajit Das
Biswajit Das, a 24-year-old tailor in Dhaka, Bangladesh, was murdered on 9 December 2012 by members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League who mistook Das for an opposition supporter. Das was chased and attacked with machetes, iron bars, and hockey sticks. He was taken to Mitford Hospital, where he shortly died of his wounds. Twenty-one BSL activists were found guilty of murder on 18 December 2013. Eight were sentenced to death and thirteen were sentenced to life in prison. Only eight of the twenty-one defendants were in custody at the time of the sentence, with the remaining thirteen tried in absentia.
Reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Biswajit_Das
We cannot turn a blind eye to the violence and intimidation that the Bangladesh Chhatra League has perpetuated under the guise of political activism. It is time for the international community and local authorities to acknowledge the true nature of this organization and take decisive action. By labeling the BSL as a terrorist group, we can send a clear message that such actions will not be tolerated and that the safety and rights of all citizens must be protected. Your support for this petition is a crucial step in advocating for justice and peace in Bangladesh. Together, we can make a difference and help ensure a safer future for everyone. Please sign and share this petition widely.
Note: All the informations collected from Wikipedia and renowned news media.
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