Dhaka, July 1 -- What began as a student movement demanding reforms to the government job quota system on this day last year soon evolved into a broader 'Anti-Discrimination Student Movement', ultimately shaking the foundations of the then-ruling, now-deposed Awami League, which had held power for over 16 years.
Few could have imagined that a movement initially focused on quota reform in public sector recruitment would, by July, transform into 'July Uprising', with students and ordinary citizens uniting in mass protests demanding their rights for vote, freedom, at the same date of last year.
The discontent was sparked by a High Court verdict that invalidated the government circular issued in 2018, which had abolished quotas in first and...
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