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July Heroes

People whose part in Bangladesh’s uprising of July 2024 is documented in published records — what each of them did, when and where, and who reported it.

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01: Definition

What “July Heroes” means

In this archive a July Hero is a person whose significant part in the uprising of July and August 2024 is documented in published records: what they did, when and where, and who reported it. The word describes the record, not the person’s worth, and it is not a title the archive confers.

This register documents people whose contributions have been researched and checked against their sources so far. It is not a ranking and not a complete list of everyone who contributed. People are added as their records are verified, and anyone may be added whatever their fame, role or politics, if the record meets the same standard.

July Heroes
People whose part is already relatively well documented: reported at the time, by name, in sources the archive can cite.
Unsung Heroes
People whose part was substantial but received little public recognition, so that their record has to be assembled from fewer or less visible sources.

The difference is how visible the record is. It says nothing about whose contribution mattered more.

02: Method

How people are included

Every record is asked the same questions before it is published. If any answer is not yet good enough, the person is not profiled yet.

  1. Is the person’s identity clear, and kept apart from others with similar names?
  2. Is their part in July described in a published source — preferably one from the time?
  3. Can that part be tied to specific events, dates and places?
  4. Are the sources reliable, and does each claim cite the source that supports it?
  5. Is the wording no stronger than the evidence — with claims made by the person, their family or others attributed to them?
  6. Is publication appropriate for the person’s privacy and safety?

Not considered

  • fame, then or now
  • political office or party membership, then or since
  • a social-media following
  • state honours or later recognition on their own
  • later political success or controversy

03: Context

A collective movement

July was not the work of one leader. Students at public and then private universities, women and girls, school students and young workers, doctors and many thousands of others took part, from Rangpur to Chattogram, the UN fact-finding report found. [1]

When the best-known coordinators were detained in late July, others carried on: a report published a year later describes how a decentralised leadership kept the movement from collapsing. [2] The people below are a small part of that record — those whose part the archive can document today.

04: Organising

Coordinators of the movement

Students whom reports from the time name as the movement’s coordinators, and what they are documented to have done while its leaders were being detained.

  1. Nahid Islam

    নাহিদ ইসলাম [3]

    Documented role
    Coordinator · Public announcements
    Title in the sources
    Coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement; one of its six “National Coordinators”, in Front Line Defenders’ words [4, 5]
    Institution at the time
    Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka [5]
    Place
    Dhaka
    Period of the record
    20 July – 3 August 2024

    Documented contribution

    Announced the movement’s decisions in public: the halt to the “complete shutdown” on 22 July, and on 3 August, at the Central Shaheed Minar, the single demand for the government’s resignation. [6, 7]

    The record

    1. Taken from a friend’s house in Dhaka shortly after midnight. By his account, the men said they were from the Detective Branch, blindfolded and handcuffed him and questioned him; he regained consciousness in the Purbachal area early on 21 July. [8]

      Alleged — an allegation by Nahid Islam; it has not been established. Sources: The Business Standard.

    2. Announces a halt to the “complete shutdown”. [6]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: bdnews24.com.

    3. He is taken from Gonoshasthaya Kendra hospital in the afternoon by plainclothes police, with two other coordinators, and held at the Detective Branch office. [5, 4, 9]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Front Line Defenders; bdnews24.com; Prothom Alo.

    4. A video recorded at the Detective Branch office, in which the detained coordinators withdraw all protest programmes, is sent to the media that evening. [10, 5]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo; Front Line Defenders.

    5. Released with the other five at about 1:30 p.m. and taken home separately. [4, 11]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: bdnews24.com; The Business Standard.

    6. In a joint statement the six say the video was not given voluntarily, that “no decision” of the movement can come from the Detective Branch, and call on students and citizens to return to the streets. [12]

      Alleged — an allegation by the six coordinators; it has not been established. Sources: Prothom Alo.

    7. Announces the movement’s one demand — the fall of the prime minister and her government — at a mass gathering at the Central Shaheed Minar. [7]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo.

    Connected July events

  2. Abu Baker Majumder

    আবু বাকের মজুমদার [3]

    Also spelled Abu Bakar Majumder, Abu Baker Mazumder, Abu Baker Majumdar

    Documented role
    Coordinator
    Title in the sources
    Coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement; one of its six “National Coordinators”, in Front Line Defenders’ words [4, 5]
    Institution at the time
    Department of Geography, University of Dhaka [5]
    Place
    Dhaka
    Period of the record
    24 July – 2 August 2024

    Documented contribution

    Served as one of the movement’s coordinators at Dhaka University; went missing for five days in July and was then among the six held at the Detective Branch office. [9, 5]

    The record

    1. Found after five days missing, left blindfolded in the Dhanmondi area, Prothom Alo reported. [9]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo.

    2. He is taken from Gonoshasthaya Kendra hospital in the afternoon by plainclothes police, with two other coordinators, and held at the Detective Branch office. [5, 4, 9]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Front Line Defenders; bdnews24.com; Prothom Alo.

    3. A video recorded at the Detective Branch office, in which the detained coordinators withdraw all protest programmes, is sent to the media that evening. [10, 5]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo; Front Line Defenders.

    4. Released with the other five at about 1:30 p.m. and taken home separately. [4, 11]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: bdnews24.com; The Business Standard.

    5. In a joint statement the six say the video was not given voluntarily, that “no decision” of the movement can come from the Detective Branch, and call on students and citizens to return to the streets. [12]

      Alleged — an allegation by the six coordinators; it has not been established. Sources: Prothom Alo.

    Connected July events

  3. Asif Mahmud

    আসিফ মাহমুদ সজীব ভুঁইয়া [3]

    Documented role
    Coordinator
    Title in the sources
    Coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement; one of its six “National Coordinators”, in Front Line Defenders’ words [4, 5]
    Institution at the time
    Department of Linguistics, University of Dhaka [5]
    Place
    Dhaka
    Period of the record
    24 July – 2 August 2024

    Documented contribution

    Served as one of the movement’s coordinators at Dhaka University; went missing for five days in July and was then among the six held at the Detective Branch office. [9, 5]

    The record

    1. Found after five days missing, left blindfolded in the Hatirjheel area, Prothom Alo reported. [9]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo.

    2. He is taken from Gonoshasthaya Kendra hospital in the afternoon by plainclothes police, with two other coordinators, and held at the Detective Branch office. [5, 4, 9]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Front Line Defenders; bdnews24.com; Prothom Alo.

    3. A video recorded at the Detective Branch office, in which the detained coordinators withdraw all protest programmes, is sent to the media that evening. [10, 5]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo; Front Line Defenders.

    4. Released with the other five at about 1:30 p.m. and taken home separately. [4, 11]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: bdnews24.com; The Business Standard.

    5. In a joint statement the six say the video was not given voluntarily, that “no decision” of the movement can come from the Detective Branch, and call on students and citizens to return to the streets. [12]

      Alleged — an allegation by the six coordinators; it has not been established. Sources: Prothom Alo.

    Connected July events

  4. Hasnat Abdullah

    হাসনাত আবদুল্লাহ [3]

    Documented role
    Coordinator
    Title in the sources
    Coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement; one of its six “National Coordinators”, in Front Line Defenders’ words [4, 5]
    Institution at the time
    Department of English, University of Dhaka [5]
    Place
    Dhaka
    Period of the record
    27 July – 2 August 2024

    Documented contribution

    Served as one of the movement’s coordinators; after five days at the Detective Branch office he described the hunger strike the six staged there. [5, 3, 11]

    The record

    1. He is taken into the custody of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. [4, 11, 9]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: bdnews24.com; The Business Standard; Prothom Alo.

    2. A video recorded at the Detective Branch office, in which the detained coordinators withdraw all protest programmes, is sent to the media that evening. [10, 5]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo; Front Line Defenders.

    3. Released with the other five at about 1:30 p.m. and taken home separately. [4, 11]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: bdnews24.com; The Business Standard.

    4. In a joint statement the six say the video was not given voluntarily, that “no decision” of the movement can come from the Detective Branch, and call on students and citizens to return to the streets. [12]

      Alleged — an allegation by the six coordinators; it has not been established. Sources: Prothom Alo.

    5. Tells The Business Standard that the six staged a 36-hour hunger strike before their release; bdnews24.com and Prothom Alo report 32 hours. [11, 4, 3]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: The Business Standard; bdnews24.com; Prothom Alo.

    Connected July events

  5. Sarjis Alam

    সারজিস আলম [3]

    Documented role
    Coordinator
    Title in the sources
    Coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement; one of its six “National Coordinators”, in Front Line Defenders’ words [4, 5]
    Institution at the time
    Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka [5]
    Place
    Dhaka
    Period of the record
    27 July – 2 August 2024

    Documented contribution

    Served as one of the movement’s coordinators; detained for five days at the Detective Branch office, he wrote on his release that a whole young generation could not be held as the six had been. [5, 3, 9]

    The record

    1. He is taken into the custody of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. [4, 11, 9]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: bdnews24.com; The Business Standard; Prothom Alo.

    2. A video recorded at the Detective Branch office, in which the detained coordinators withdraw all protest programmes, is sent to the media that evening. [10, 5]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo; Front Line Defenders.

    3. Released with the other five at about 1:30 p.m. and taken home separately. [4, 11]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: bdnews24.com; The Business Standard.

    4. In a joint statement the six say the video was not given voluntarily, that “no decision” of the movement can come from the Detective Branch, and call on students and citizens to return to the streets. [12]

      Alleged — an allegation by the six coordinators; it has not been established. Sources: Prothom Alo.

    Connected July events

  6. Abdul Kader

    Also spelled Abdul Quader, Abdul Qader

    Documented role
    Coordinator · Public announcements
    Title in the sources
    Coordinator of the movement [9]
    Place
    Dhaka
    Period of the record
    19 July – 28 July 2024

    Documented contribution

    While the six coordinators were held, rejected their video statement as coerced and said the movement would go on. [9, 2]

    The record

    1. By his own account, published in September 2024, he announced the movement’s nine-point demand that evening, sending it to journalists from a basic phone; he writes that the list was drafted with a leader of the Dhaka University unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir. [13]

      Alleged — an allegation by Abdul Kader, in his own account; it has not been established. Sources: bdnews24.com.

    2. Says the detained coordinators were forced to read a statement written for them, and that the movement rejects it. [9, 2]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo; The Business Standard.

    Connected July events

  7. Nusrat Tabassum

    নুসরাত তাবাসসুম [3]

    Documented role
    Coordinator
    Title in the sources
    Coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement; one of its six “National Coordinators”, in Front Line Defenders’ words [4, 5]
    Institution at the time
    Department of Political Science, University of Dhaka [5]
    Place
    Dhaka
    Period of the record
    28 July – 2 August 2024

    Documented contribution

    Served as one of the movement’s coordinators — the only woman among the six held at the Detective Branch office. [5, 11]

    The record

    1. Taken in Mirpur, Dhaka, at about 5 a.m. and held at the Detective Branch office. [5, 9]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Front Line Defenders; Prothom Alo.

    2. A video recorded at the Detective Branch office, in which the detained coordinators withdraw all protest programmes, is sent to the media that evening. [10, 5]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo; Front Line Defenders.

    3. Released with the other five at about 1:30 p.m. and taken home separately. [4, 11]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: bdnews24.com; The Business Standard.

    4. In a joint statement the six say the video was not given voluntarily, that “no decision” of the movement can come from the Detective Branch, and call on students and citizens to return to the streets. [12]

      Alleged — an allegation by the six coordinators; it has not been established. Sources: Prothom Alo.

    Connected July events

05: Beyond Dhaka University

Campus organisers

The movement was organised campus by campus. These are the organisers outside Dhaka University whose part the archive can document so far.

  1. Abu Sayed

    Also spelled Abu Sayeed

    Documented role
    Campus organiser
    Title in the sources
    A coordinator of the anti-discrimination student movement at Begum Rokeya University [14]
    Institution at the time
    Department of English, Begum Rokeya University [14]
    Place
    Rangpur
    Period of the record
    June – 16 July 2024

    Documented contribution

    Took part in the quota movement from its beginning and was one of its coordinators at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur. [1, 14]

    The record

    1. Killed at a protest outside the university. Footage of his killing circulated widely and brought more people out to protest, among them many students at private universities. [1]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

    Connected July events

    • Also recorded in the Martyrs register.

  2. Arif Sohel

    Documented role
    Campus organiser · Coordinator
    Title in the sources
    Coordinator of the movement’s Jahangirnagar University unit; a later account calls him one of its central coordinators [15, 2]
    Institution at the time
    Jahangirnagar University [15]
    Place
    Savar
    Period of the record
    28 July 2024

    Documented contribution

    Coordinated the movement at Jahangirnagar University until he was taken from his family’s home in the crackdown of late July. [15, 2]

    The record

    1. Taken from his family’s home near the university at about 3:50 a.m. by eight to ten men who, his family said, claimed to be law enforcers; the local police said they were not aware of it. [15]

      Alleged — an allegation by his family; it has not been established. Sources: Dhaka Tribune.

    2. Late July 2024

      A report published a year later says he was held by the Detective Branch, and that he was not among the coordinators who appeared in the video statement of 28 July. [2]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: The Business Standard.

    Connected July events

06: Other contributions

Support on the streets, and a song

Not every documented part in July was organising. These records are of help given to protesters, and of music made for them.

  1. Hannan Hossain Shimul

    Also spelled Hannan, Rapper Hannan

    Documented role
    Music
    Title in the sources
    Rapper [16, 17]
    Place
    Narayanganj
    Period of the record
    18 July – 6 August 2024

    Documented contribution

    Wrote and performed “Awaaz Utha”, a protest song released on YouTube on 18 July 2024 that Prothom Alo described as an anthem for the protests. [17]

    The record

    1. “Awaaz Utha” is released on YouTube. [17]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo.

    2. Arrested by police in the Bhuighor area of Narayanganj and placed on two days’ remand; the charges were not made public. [16, 17]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Dhaka Tribune; Prothom Alo.

    3. Artists at Risk Connection, a New York-based organisation, calls the arrest arbitrary and demands his release. [17]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Prothom Alo.

    4. By 6 August 2024

      Granted bail by the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Narayanganj after the fall of the government. [18]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Bangladesh Post.

    Connected July events

  2. Mir Mughdo

    Documented role
    Support to protesters
    Place
    Dhaka
    Period of the record
    18 July 2024

    Documented contribution

    A student who was handing out water to protesters in Uttara on 18 July 2024, the UN fact-finding report records. [1]

    The record

    1. Killed on Rabindra Sarani in Uttara at about 5:50 p.m., the time given by a video the UN investigators authenticated. [1]

      Reported — published by the reports cited; not yet checked against a primary record. Sources: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

    Connected July events

    • Also recorded in the Martyrs register.

07: Chronology

Across the uprising

The phases of July, with the people whose records connect to an event in each. A phase without names is one the register cannot yet document, not one without people.

  1. 1 · 5 June – 13 July 2024

    A court ruling and the first protests

    No profile in the register yet.

  2. 2 · 14–17 July 2024

    “Razakar” and the attacks on the campuses

  3. 3 · 18–21 July 2024

    Shutdown, curfew and the Supreme Court’s ruling

  4. 4 · 22–31 July 2024

    Arrests and a pause

  5. 5 · 1–4 August 2024

    One demand

08: Places

Where the records are

July reached far beyond Dhaka. The register does not yet: most of the records it can document so far are of people in the capital. This shows where research is needed, not where July happened.

Dhaka · 8 profiles
Narayanganj · 1 profile
Rangpur · 1 profile
Savar · 1 profile

Places are given at the level of a city or institution. No map is drawn until the register holds enough records to plot without guesswork.

09: Index

Index A–Z

Every person in the register, alphabetically.

10: Research in progress

Named in the record, not yet profiled

The sources name these people in July, but what they say is not yet enough for a profile. Each is held to the same threshold as everyone above.

Sharif Osman bin Hadi

During the student-led uprising against the government of Sheikh Hasina he helps organise demonstrations, and comes to wider notice. [19, 20] Every account of his part in it was written after he was shot in December 2025; none gives him a formal position in the movement’s leadership.

Not yet established: No report ties his part to a specific protest, date or place. A profile will be published here if such a record is found; until then his July record stays on his own pages.

His political journey
Abdul Hannan Masud

Named by Prothom Alo as a coordinator who said on 28 July 2024 that the detained coordinators’ video had been made “at gunpoint in the DB office”. [9]

Not yet established: No other part of his record has yet been checked against sources from the time.

Mahin Sarkar

Named by Prothom Alo among the coordinators who rejected the detained coordinators’ video statement on 28 July 2024. [9]

Not yet established: No other part of his record has yet been checked against sources from the time.

Rifat Rashid

Described by Prothom Alo as a co-coordinator who issued a press note on 31 July 2024 announcing a protest programme. [9]

Not yet established: No other part of his record has yet been checked against sources from the time.

11: Continue

Elsewhere in the archive

Not every contribution became nationally visible.

Unsung Heroes

Published

People whose part was substantial but little recognised — local organisers, volunteers, medical workers, those who documented events. It is a companion to this register, not a lesser one, and neither is complete.

  • MartyrsPublished

    The register of those who died. 2 of the people profiled here are also recorded there; their deaths are not described on this page.

  • Injured & SurvivorsPublished

    People who were injured and survived, recorded from their public accounts and published reports, without private medical detail.

About this register

Sources and method

Each profile was compiled by Justice for Hadi from news reports, a human rights organisation’s case record and the UN fact-finding report, each read in full. Every numbered citation points to the publication that reports the fact. Reports from July and August 2024 are preferred; a later report is cited only for what it adds, and its date is given in the source list.

Every entry in a person’s record carries the project’s evidence word in text. “Reported” means published by the sources cited and not yet checked against a primary record. “Alleged” means a claim made by someone — the person, their family, a group — that has not been established, and names who made it. None of these records has yet been through the project’s formal verification process.

July archive reviewed through . To propose a person for the register, correct a record, or offer a photograph with its source and permission, see corrections; for how the project works, see the research methodology.

Sources

  1. 1
    OHCHR Fact-Finding Report: Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh

    Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) · 12 February 2025 · UN report · ohchr.org

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “A collective movement”
  2. 2
    Despite the crackdown, the flames of uprising kept burning brightly

    The Business Standard · 28 July 2025 · News report · tbsnews.net

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “A collective movement”
  3. 3
    অনশনের পর ডিবি কার্যালয় থেকে ছাড়া পেলেন ছয় সমন্বয়ক

    Prothom Alo · 1 August 2025 · Bangla · News report · prothomalo.com

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Coordinators of the movement”
  4. 4
    Six quota protest coordinators handed over to families from DB custody

    bdnews24.com · 1 August 2024 · News report · bdnews24.com

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Coordinators of the movement”
  5. 5
    Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests

    Front Line Defenders · 8 August 2024 · Rights organisation record · frontlinedefenders.org

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Coordinators of the movement”
  6. 6
    Timeline: How a quota reform movement caused a government to fall

    bdnews24.com · 7 August 2024 · News report · bdnews24.com

    News archive record and context

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Coordinators of the movement”
  7. 7
    Students Against Discrimination declares one-point demand for govt’s resignation

    Prothom Alo · 3 August 2024 · News report · en.prothomalo.com

    News archive record and context

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Coordinators of the movement”
  8. 8
    20 July 2024: At least 37 killed amid curfew; Key coordinator Nahid Islam detained

    The Business Standard · 20 July 2025 · News report · tbsnews.net

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Coordinators of the movement”
  9. 9
    Quota movement timeline: Unfolding events

    Prothom Alo · 2 August 2024 · News report · en.prothomalo.com

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Coordinators of the movement”
  10. 10
    DB custody: 6 coordinators announce withdrawal of programme

    Prothom Alo · 29 July 2024 · News report · en.prothomalo.com

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Coordinators of the movement”
  11. 11
    6 coordinators of quota reform movement released

    The Business Standard · 1 August 2024 · News report · tbsnews.net

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Coordinators of the movement”
  12. 12
    Didn’t announce withdrawal of movement voluntarily: Six coordinators in joint statement

    Prothom Alo · 2 August 2024 · News report · en.prothomalo.com

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Coordinators of the movement”
  13. 13
    How 9-point charter of demand emerged during student movement, narrates coordinator Kader

    bdnews24.com · 23 September 2024 · News report · bdnews24.com

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Coordinators of the movement”
  14. 14
    Abu Sayeed was killed by bullets fired by protesters, say police

    Prothom Alo · 28 July 2024 · News report · en.prothomalo.com

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Campus organisers”
  15. 15
    Quota reform movement: JU unit coordinator picked up, family claims

    Dhaka Tribune · 28 July 2024 · News report · dhakatribune.com

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Campus organisers”
  16. 16
    Rapper Hannan on two-day remand

    Dhaka Tribune · 31 July 2024 · News report · dhakatribune.com

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Support on the streets, and a song”
  17. 17
    ARC demands immediate release of Awaaz Utha rapper Hannan

    Prothom Alo · 1 August 2024 · News report · en.prothomalo.com

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Support on the streets, and a song”
  18. 18
    Rapper Hannan freed on bail

    Bangladesh Post · 6 August 2024 · News report · bangladeshpost.net

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Support on the streets, and a song”
  19. 19
    Who is Sharif Osman Hadi, the youth leader whose assassination sparked protests in Bangladesh?

    CNA · 19 December 2025 · News profile · channelnewsasia.com

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Not yet profiled”
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    How July Uprising firebrand Osman Hadi burst into the spotlight

    bdnews24.com · 14 December 2025 · News profile · bdnews24.com

    News archive record and context

    Source catalogue record and provenance

    ↩ First cited in “Not yet profiled”

What is not on this page, and why

An open register
Many people the archive has not yet researched played substantial parts in July — among them women organisers, doctors and medical students, lawyers, teachers and journalists. No group is represented here for balance; a role chapter appears only when a profile in it meets the threshold. There is not yet one for medical, legal or journalistic work.
Later roles are not shown
Roles the people profiled here have held since August 2024 — in government, in political parties or elsewhere — are not shown. They do not change the record of July, which is what this register documents.
Where the sources differ
The length of the hunger strike the six coordinators staged at the Detective Branch office is given as 32 hours by bdnews24.com and Prothom Alo and as 36 hours by Hasnat Abdullah, quoted by The Business Standard; both are given. Names are spelled differently from outlet to outlet; each profile gives the spelling used most often in its sources, with the others listed so no one appears twice.
A source cited for one fact only
Prothom Alo’s report of 28 July 2024 on Abu Sayed carries the police account of his death, which the UN fact-finding report contradicts. It is cited here only for his role at the university. His death is set out in the July overview and will be recorded in the Martyrs register.
Death and injury
Where a person profiled here was killed, the profile states it in one line and points to the Martyrs register. Accounts of detention are attributed to those who gave them; injuries are not described.
No photographs
The archive does not yet hold a photograph of any person profiled here with a documented creator and permission to publish. None is shown, and no illustration or AI-generated likeness is used in its place.
Privacy
Places are given at the level of a city, district or institution. Home addresses, family details and the present whereabouts of the people profiled are not published.
Sources not used
Encyclopedia entries, social-media posts and campaign material were used only as leads, to be checked against the publications cited.

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