Quota Reform Agitators Launch 8-Point Anti-Discrimination Movement

The Quota Reform Agitators' Platform, known as the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has issued an eight-point message to its supporters, aiming to address various issues including casualties, identification of perpetrators, and reopening of universities and halls.

On Thursday afternoon, the coordinators of the movement, Asif Mahmud, Abu Bakr Majumdar, and Rifat Rashid, posted a statement on Facebook under the title "Nahid Islam's Speech." The statement highlighted the need to continue their phased movement to demand:

1. Trial of student-citizen murders and disappearances.
2. Trial of state damages.
3. Withdrawal of cases and release of innocents, including former social service secretary of Daksu, Akhtar Hossain.
4. Compensation for the injured and dead.
5. Elimination of terrorist politics on all campuses.
6. Trial of university administration.
7. Listing casualties and identifying those involved in killings and attacks.
8. Building pressure to reopen universities and halls.

The statement also included messages urging supporters to remember the deceased, such as Abu Saeed of Rangpur, visit their graves, and offer condolences to their families. It called for helping the wounded, assisting in the transfer of bodies to families, attending burials with dignity, listing casualties, and identifying the terrorists and law enforcement personnel involved in the violence.

The movement's coordinators stressed the importance of staying safe, seeking treatment, and avoiding arrest. They advised planning alternatives without relying on the internet and maintaining central communication with all supporters. Students were encouraged to pressure university administrations to reopen campuses and halls and to communicate with teachers and expatriates to publicize the crackdown and killings in Bangladesh internationally.

The statement emphasized the necessity of continuing the movement to seek justice and accountability for the violence and to push for significant reforms in the university system.