What the records say
- When
- 9 Feb 2013
- Kind
- Protest
- Coordinates
- 23.74° N, 90.40° E
- Description
- 2013 Bangladesh demonstrations against Bangladesh Liberation War criminals and Islamist politics
2013 Shahbag protests
Protest in Shahbag, Bangladesh in 2013
The 2013 Shahbag protests were widespread demonstrations held in Bangladesh. On 5 February 2013, protests ignited in Shahbag, Bangladesh, fuelled by the call for the execution of the convicted war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah. Previously sentenced to life imprisonment, Mollah was convicted on five of six counts of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh.
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