Historical Memory Journey
Al Jazeera English
Early international coverage of the Shahbag movement and an external reporting perspective on the protests.
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2013
In early 2013, mass gatherings at Shahbag in Dhaka called for stronger accountability for war crimes linked to 1971. Students, bloggers, cultural activists, and citizens transformed the square into a sustained protest space, turning memory politics and justice debates into a central national question.