Bangladeshis of all walks of life formed several human chains in front of the National Press Club yesterday, on the eighth day of the Israeli attacks on Gaza. More than 350 people took part in the protests where an Israeli flag was burnt.
Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish formed a human chain titled “Against Genocide and Illegal Attack of Israel on Palestine” at 11am. They said the United Nations, Arab League and Organization of the Islamic Conference should work to prevent the killing of civilians in Gaza.
Bangladesh Human Rights Association formed a human chain titled “Stop Muslim Genocide in Gaza,” claiming Bangladesh had not taken any effective steps during this crisis and called on the United Nations to take actions to stop the genocide.
Islamic Chattrasena protestors called the Israeli offensive on Gaza an illegal war and said it was a shame that the United Nations, the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference could not put an end to this continued aggression.
A Facebook-based group, Bangladesh for Palestine, shouted slogans during the protest. Bangladeshi volunteers who had participated in the Palestine struggle in the early 1980s also formed a human chain, as did Bangladesh Juba Moitri.
The Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights puts the number of Palestinians killed at more than 172 with another 1,230 wounded in the Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.
