A photo exhibition on Saturday reminisced the student-led mass uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to flee to India bringing an end to 15 years of the Awami League regime.
English daily The Daily Star organised the exhibition titled 鈥�36 Days of July: Saluting the Bravehearts鈥� at the Daily Star Centre in the capital featuring photographs, graffiti works, news articles, documentaries, discussions and others on the uprising.
While inaugurating the exhibition, the daily鈥檚 editor Mahfuz Anam said that it was a tribute to the students and people who fought and sacrificed for freeing people from repression.
The displayed photographs depict how the movement for quota reform turned into the mass uprising, sacrifice of the protesters and brutalities of AL along with its wings and law enforcers, among others.
Family members of the martyred spoke in a session on the inauguration day.
Samsi Ara Zaman Koli, mother of journalist Tahir Zaman Priyo, who was shot in head and killed on July 19 during the protest, said that many parents like her lost their sons and daughters in the uprising.
鈥楾heir sacrifices must not go in vain,鈥� said Koli.
Sabina Afroz Shabonti, sister of Mahmudur Rahman Shoikot, said that Shoikot was shot and killed while rescuing his injured friend at Mohammadpur on July 19.
The family filed a case regarding the killing, she said, demanding justice for Shoikot and all the victims.聽
The exhibition is scheduled to open for all from 10:00am to 8:00pm till December 7.
