An Unprecedented Phenomenon– Shahbagh Square Movement, Bangladesh 2013
Get Up, Stand Up...Stand Up For Your RIGHTS An Unprecedented Phenomenon– Shahbagh Square Movement, Bangladesh 2013 Faizul Khan Tanim writes on a People's Movement which triggered a historic Mass Awakening N.B: Some of the pictures used here are not in the original article “Get up, stand up...stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up...don’t give up the fight!” – And the people of Bangladesh think that these immortal Bob Marley lines are reverberating in quick succession in their might and mind from a realization of ‘Mass Awakening’ kick started by a blogger group at the now Shahbagh Square or Projonmo Chottor (square). The cause is unanimously voted – demanding the highest punishment of the country for the perpetrators/collaborators also known as Rajakars from pre and post independent Bangladesh. Thus an energized, non-partisan, non-violent protest developed from the ‘revolution epicenter’ of Bangladesh and this call for justice and freedom was voluntar...