The Jahangirnagar University unit of Jatiya Chhatra Shakti, the student wing of the National Citizen Party, staged a human chain on campus on Sunday to protest the killing of civilians in Sudan.
They also urged stronger international efforts to end the violence.
Dozens of students demonstrated at the university鈥檚 central Shaheed Minar at about 3:00pm, holding placards that called for an end to ethnic cleansing in Sudan and expressed solidarity with the people of Darfur.
Speakers at the event voiced serious concern regarding the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. They highlighted the situation around the city of El-Fashir, in particular, where recent intense fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has reportedly resulted in hundreds of deaths and the displacement of tens of thousands of people.
鈥楾he world cannot remain silent while civilians are slaughtered for the sake of political and financial gain鈥�, said Zia Uddin Ayan, coordinator of the JU unit of Jatiya Chhatra Shakti. He also criticised international media outlets for what he termed their 鈥榤uted response鈥� to the ongoing atrocities.
The protesters urged immediate international action to end the bloodshed, deliver humanitarian assistance, and broker peace talks between the warring parties.
Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces began in April 2023 due to tension over plans to merge the paramilitary group into the national army.
The conflict has since ravaged vast areas of Sudan, particularly the Darfur region, where human rights organizations have reported extensive civilian massacres and ethnically targeted violence.
The United Nations estimates that over 10 million people have been displaced by the conflict, a crisis that has plunged the country into one of the globe鈥檚 worst humanitarian situations.
