This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Put pressure on Bangladesh Government to stop torturing innocent students
We are all aware of the huge number of road accidents, poor traffic maintenance and ignorance of government towards these issues.I felt proud to see the students, some who are mere adolescents refused to bow down to this injustice &started protesting peacefully.These young students monitored traffic
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& checked drivers’ licenses, and for the first time we could see how organized and disciplined the roads of Dhaka city looked.But within a few days, my news feed was full of live videos and posts on how these students were being beaten up severely and attacked with rubber bullets and tear gas allegedly by police and Chhatra League. The situation turned uglier when the news of students getting killed, injured and even raped started spreading.
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