The Students Against Discrimination and Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Monday began a weeklong nationwide campaign through holding a rally and distributing leaflets, demanding the July uprising proclamation by January 15.
The two organisations on Saturday jointly announced January 6-11 as the ‘Proclamation Week’, urging the interim government to announce the July uprising proclamation by January 15 as per its commitment.
On the first day of the programme, the Students Against Discrimination and Jatiya Nagorik Committee held rally in Faridpur town on Monday, said Jatiya Nagorik Committee spokesperson Samanta Sharmin.
Students Against Discrimination convener Hasnat Abdullah and Jatiya Nagorik Committee chief organiser Sarjis Alam attended the rally.
As part of the ‘Proclamation Week’, the organisations started distributing leaflets in Dhaka city Monday evening, Samanta said.
Earlier, the two organisations had planned to announce the July uprising proclamation on December 31 at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital Dhaka, but they refrained from doing so after the interim government on December 30 said that it would prepare the proclamation based on national consensus.Â
The Students Against Discrimination and Jatiya Nagorik Committee in a rally on December 31 at the Central Shaheed Minar called on the interim government to issue the July uprising proclamation by January 15.
To press home their demand, the student platforms announced the weeklong nationwide campaign, which includes leaflet distribution, rallies and public outreach activities.
In the leaflets distributed on Monday, the platforms demanded that the proclamation include official recognition of the uprising martyrs and providing by the state treatment to those who were injured in the event.
They also demanded a clear commitment from the government to hold the trial of those who were responsible for the killings during July uprising.
The organisations demanded that the leadership of the Students Against Discrimination be clearly recognised in the proclamation of the uprising.
Calling for the abolition of the existing constitution and the formulation of a new one, the organisations demanded a democratic constitution through an elected constituent assembly.
They also demanded that the proclamation should establish a clear connection between the July 2024 uprising, the 1947 partition and the 1971 War of Independence, ensuring continuity in the struggle for justice.
They also demanded that the proclamation include a new political settlement prioritising a state structure centred on civic identity, aimed at eliminating all forms of discrimination.
