2013 Shahbag Protest

The 2013 Shahbag Protest began on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with protesters demanding the capital punishment for Abdul Quader Mollah and all the other accused war criminals of the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh. Abdul Quader Mollah was charged with abetting the Pakistani army; actively participating in the 1971 atrocities in Bangladesh; rape (including the rape of minors); and mass murder of Bangladeshis in the Mirpur area of Dhaka during the Liberation War of Bangladesh. The many grievous attrocities committed by Abdul Quader Mollah during the Liberation War of Bangladesh earned him the nickname of Mirpurer Koshai (মিরপুরের কসাই) — Butcher of Mirpur. Despite the gory nature of the crimes, on February 5, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh sentenced Mollah to life in prison after he was proved guilty in five out of the six charges against him. Within hours of the verdict, mass discontent broke out in Bangladesh where most people were expecting capital punishment for Mollah. The bloggers and online activists gave voice to the public opinion and called for a mass demonstration at the Shahbag intersection in central Dhaka. People from all walks of life spontaneously joined the protest and the demonstration culminated into the 2013 Shahbag Protest. Within days it spread all over Bangladesh and Bangladeshis from all around the world began expressing solidarity with the Shahbag protest, uploading their photos of their solidarity on Facebook, Flicker, Wikimedia Commons, etc.

Photo gallery

Dhaka

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  Placard addressing the foreign media
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  Raising shoes to convey shame and hatred
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  Protesters from Artist Community
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  Shahbag Protest

Chittagong

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  Protest in Chittagong, infront of Chittagong Press Club

Australia

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  At The Angel Statue, Melbourne, Australia.
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  Bangladesh Club, New Zealand
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  Bangladesh Club, New Zealand
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  Bangladeshis at Sydney Ashfield Park, NSW, Australia

Europe

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  Students at the University of Cambridge.
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  People express solidarity in front of Finnish Parliament building, Helsinki, Finland.
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  Bangladeshis in front of the International Court of Justice, The Netherlands.
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  Bangladeshis of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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  Students of Aalto University.
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  From France in Solidarity with Shahbag.

Asia

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  The Bangladesh Community at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand.
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  Bangladesh Community at South Korea.
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  Students of KAIST, Daejeon, Korea.
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  Students of the Kyungpook National University.
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  Students of Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea.
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  From Singapore
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  From Singapore
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  Bangladeshis at YIH Plaza, Singapore

Canada

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  Students of University of Waterloo.
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  Students of University of Saskatchewan.
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  Students of University of Manitoba.
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  Students at University of Guelph and Waterloo University, Waterloo, Ontario.
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  Students of University of British Columbia.
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  Students of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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  Students of Queen's University, ON, Canada.
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  Students of the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
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  Students of University of Calgary.
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  Bangladesh Community at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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  Bangladeshi Graduate Students of Concordia university, Montreal, Canada

United States of America

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  Students of the University of Texas at El Paso
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  Students of Stony Brook University, NY
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  Bangladesh Student Association, The Pennsylvania State University
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  Students of University of Akron, Ohio.
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  Students of University of Texas at Arlington.
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  Students at University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
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  Students of University of Texas at Dallas.
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  Students and Scholars of Texas Tech University.
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  Students of Syracuse University and Upstate Medical University
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  Students of University of South Carolina
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  Students of University of Houston.
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  Students of Cornell University.
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  Students of University of Memphis.
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  Students of Michigan Tech
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  Students of University of Texas at San Antonio.
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  Students of Oklahoma State University.
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  Students of University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University, Illinois.
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  Students of University of California Riverside.
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  Students of the Florida International University.
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  Students of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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  Bangladeshi students of University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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  University Of New Mexico students expressing solidarity with Shahbag movement
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  Minnesota State University,Mankato, USA
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  Iowa State University, USA