A coalition of 101 organizations has issued a joint statement condemning the violent attack on July Revolution activists, vowing nationwide resistance if state-backed forces continue to be unleashed against peaceful protesters.

The statement read:

“One year after the people’s uprising, the promised reform of the armed forces has yet to materialize. Instead, the people continue to suffer. The indiscriminate bloodshed against July warriors is a direct betrayal of the July Spirit. Anyone who betrays that spirit will meet the same fate as the killer Hasina.”

The organizations accused state forces of reviving fascist tactics:

“The inhuman mob attacks by army and police members remind the nation of the darkest days of fascism. Such attacks are deplorable, unacceptable, and must never be repeated. Assaulting democratic activists is the same as assaulting the people themselves.”

They demanded exemplary punishment for those responsible and warned against military intervention in politics:

“We believe fascism will not be allowed to return in the new Bangladesh. If the armed forces are deployed as political mobs, the people will be compelled to build resistance. This culture of military mobs in the name of the state must end immediately.”

Targeting the Jatiya Party, the groups declared:

“The Jatiya Party, a long-standing collaborator of Awami fascism, has always stood against the people. Today, in front of their office, Nur and his comrades were left bloodied for protesting. We call for the Jatiya Party to be brought under political trial without delay. And if peaceful protests are once again crushed by military mobs, we will launch a nationwide resistance movement.”