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The non-cooperation movement, [a] also known as the one-point movement, [b] was a pro-democratic disinvestment movement and a mass uprising against the Awami League-led government of Bangladesh, initiated within the framework of 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
In response to the controversial statement made by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh during a press conference, where she reportedly referred to students protesting the quota reform movement as the children of Razakars (traitors in the 1971 Independence War), students organized a midnight demonstration at the Dhaka University campus area (See ...
The Government of Bangladesh and Others was a case brought before the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The writ petition was filed three years after the Government of Bangladesh , amid the 2018 quota reform movement , issued a circular declaring the existing quotas for descendants of 1971 Liberation War ...
In 2006, Bangladesh passed a Labor Law setting the minimum legal age for employment as 14. [4] Nevertheless, the enforcement of such labour laws is virtually impossible in Bangladesh because 93% of child labourers are employed in the informal sector such as small factories and workshops, on the street, in home-based businesses and domestic ...
The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as the July massacre, by late July. [9] By early August, the movement evolved into a non-cooperation movement, ultimately leading to the ouster of the then-prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, who fled Bangladesh to India. [6]
The quota reform movement in Bangladesh was organized to demand a reduction in government job quotas and shift toward merit-based recruitment. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] There were three significant protests. The first occurred in 2013 , when university students opposed the disproportionate allocation of jobs through quotas.
The 2018–2019 Bangladesh protests, also known as the Bangladeshi Social Revolution, was a series of public social unrest and Strike actions by Garment workers and Trade unions against low wages and high unemployment and demanded the resignation of the government. Over 50,000 protesters participated in the nonviolent movement.
The Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, formerly known as the National Labor Committee (until 2011), was a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) that investigates human and labor rights abuses committed by large multinational corporations producing goods in the developing world.