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2024 Figures

Anti-Discrimination Movement

Full list of figures, martyrs, coordinators, and collectives associated with 2024.

Full Figure List

51 profiles

Nahid Islam

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator; later interim-government adviser

From protest coordination to state transition, he became one of the movement’s central public figures.

A leading coordinator of Students Against Discrimination, he became one of the public faces of the 2024 quota-reform protests and later served as an adviser in the interim government formed in August 2024.

Dhaka University-linked student coordination; July-August 2024 protest phase and post-uprising transition.

His leadership linked street mobilization with the political transition after 5 August 2024.

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Sharif Osman Hadi

LeaderPerson

Student activist; teacher; Inquilab Mancha spokesperson

Reported as a public face of the 2024 movement and a spokesperson for Inquilab Mancha.

A visible figure in the 2024 student-led uprising, he was reported as a spokesperson for Inquilab Mancha and later took part in public accountability demands around the movement.

July-August 2024 student uprising and post-uprising accountability politics.

He linked protest messaging, mobilisation, and later calls for justice over violence during the uprising.

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Asif Mahmud

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator; later interim-government adviser

A key coordinator who moved from detention-period pressure to post-uprising policy space.

Known as a core coordinator of the movement, he was among the student leaders detained by DB in late July 2024 and later joined the interim government adviser team.

Central student coordination, DB custody episode (26-28 July 2024), and post-uprising governance transition.

He remained a continuity figure between protest demands and institutional reform discourse.

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Sarjis Alam

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator and spokesperson

One of the movement’s most visible on-camera coordinators.

A nationally visible coordinator, he was among the student leaders taken into DB custody in July 2024 and became one of the most quoted public voices of the movement.

Nationwide anti-discrimination protests; detention and media-facing phase in July 2024.

He helped sustain public messaging during the movement’s most volatile period.

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Hasnat Abdullah

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator and organizer

A core organizer through the movement’s high-pressure phase.

He emerged as a key coordinator in the anti-discrimination movement, was detained in DB custody in July 2024, and later remained active in post-uprising political organization.

Dhaka-centered coordination and national protest phase, 2024.

His organizing role helped maintain protest continuity during crackdowns.

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Abu Baker Majumder

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator

One of the six publicly cited coordinators in the July DB-custody episode.

He was among the nationally identified coordinators and one of the student leaders detained by DB in late July 2024.

Core student-leadership layer of the quota-reform movement.

His detention became part of wider concerns about coercion against protest coordinators.

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Abdul Hannan Masud

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Umama Fatema

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Arif Sohel

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Mahin Sarkar

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Rifat Rashid

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Nusrat Tabassum

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator

A key woman coordinator during the most contentious crackdown phase.

A female student coordinator publicly named among the six leaders held by DB in late July 2024 during the protest crisis.

Central coordination and rights-pressure period, July 2024.

Her presence highlighted women’s leadership in the movement’s core command layer.

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Lutfun Nahar Luma

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Hasib Al Islam

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Nasiruddin Patwary

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Akhter Hossen

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Tariqul Islam

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Mehedi Hasan

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Sinthia Jaheen Ayesha

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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Rashidul Islam Rifat

CoordinatorPerson

Coordinator (Students Against Discrimination)

Part of the distributed coordinator network beyond a few national spokespersons.

Named in publicly reported coordination structures of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during July-August 2024.

Movement committee expansion reports (including 158-member coordination announcement on 3 August 2024).

Represents institution-level and region-level organizing that sustained the nationwide protest network.

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