Staff Reporter:

The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, initially sparked by the quota reform movement, has rejected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s call for dialogue.

Nahid Islam, the movement’s coordinator, made their stance clear in a statement released to the media on Saturday (August 3) afternoon.

In the statement, the group also called for the success of the non-cooperation movement scheduled for Sunday (August 4). They urged not only students but also the general public to take to the streets in protest.

“The government has no opportunity to seek justice or engage in dialogue. The time for apologies is over. When there was a chance, the government responded with arrests and torture, conducting block raids on students like Akhtar Hossain and Arif Sohail. We will not enter into any kind of compromise while our fellow students remain imprisoned,” the statement read.