Demand for End to Communal Violence: 48-Hour Protest and Hunger Strike

About this Project

The Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council observed a 48-hour mass hunger strike and sit-in program at the Central Shaheed Minar, demanding the implementation of the then ruling party's 2018 promises favorable to minority communities, including the permanent end of communal violence. This mass hunger strike and sit-in program, which began at 6 am on Friday, September 22, 2023, was continued until 6 am on Sunday, September 24, 2023. During the program, council leaders and activists held a press briefing on Friday afternoon. At the briefing, leaders from various non-communal progressive political parties, social and cultural organizations, and civil society delivered speeches expressing solidarity.