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Hefazat-e-Islam and Counter-Mobilisation after Shahbag, 2013

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Contextual source on the counter-reaction to Shahbag, anti-atheist blogger debate, the 13-point demand, and the May 2013 mobilisation.

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2013

Shahbag Movement

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.