Protestors of the Shahbagh Chattar newly named as Projanma Chattar on Saturday miorning started their 12th consecutive day of demonstration with the promise to avenge the killing of of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haidar and prevent the hartal called by Jamaat.
Protesters also announced at 11:00pm Friday to continue the ongoing protest round the clock back tracking the earlier announcement over the barbaric killing of Rajib. They also observed one-minute silence remembering the memory of slain blogger.
Earlier, on Friday afternoon protester announced to stage their protest from 3pm-10pm everyday considering the suffering of city people and the patient of two adjacent hospitals—Birdem and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.
At around 7am on Saturday protestors started their demonstration for the 12th day with singing the national anthem.
Expressing their rage over Rajib’s death, they chanted fiery slogans like “Shaheed Rajib er rokto amader dhomonite” (Rajib's blood flowing in our vein) and “Aar noy protirodh, ebar hobe protishodh,” (no more prevention, its time for taking revenge).
People from all walks of life including students of schools, colleges and universities wearing black badges, were seen converging at the 'Projonmo Chattar' in the morning.
Actor ATM Shamsuzzaman also joined the protest around 11:30am.
Protestors call upon to list the name of Jamaat-Shibir men of each para, mohalla and village in all over the country for taking proper action against their terror and killing.
Unidentified miscreants stabbed blogger Rajib Hyder Shovon to death at Palashnagar area near his house of city’s Mirpur on Friday night.
He used to write blog with ‘Thaba-Baba’ nick name in Amar Blog.
The movement began on February 5, soon after a war crimes tribunal sentenced Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah to life term in prison for crimes against humanity during the 1971 war.
The protest was initiated by Bloggers and Online Activist Network, but it soon turned into a mass movement. Within days, it spread to other parts of the country, with the call for capital punishment to all war criminals getting louder and louder.
The Shahbagh protesters have been demanding immediate arrest of the killers and banning pro-Jamaat blog Sonarbangla that had been carrying out propaganda against Rajib over the last few days.
The protesters on February 10 submitted a six-point charter to the Speaker, demanding death penalty for all war criminals, and revocation of the state's power to grant them amnesty.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the same day thanked the youths for raising voice against the 1971 war criminals.
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