Political analyst Dilshana Parul, in an article published on August 10, 2026, examines what she describes as politics of denial and defamation surrounding Bangladesh’s July uprising. She writes that when videos and images of killings, brutality and resistance during the July 2024 movement were shared on Facebook, Awami League supporters dismissed them as fake and propaganda without validation. Parul characterizes this as a deliberate political stance aimed at denying crimes attributed to the party.

The article argues that denial extended beyond alleged killings to the student-public resistance that emerged on the streets. Parul says some other political stakeholders acknowledged the killings but denied the role of organizers and the movement’s resistance nucleus. She presents both approaches as forms of denying events that occurred during the uprising.

Parul also discusses what she calls a campaign of defamation. She says the movement was portrayed as extremist activity, a Jamaat-Shibir-Razakar conspiracy, or the result of third-party infiltration. After August 5, she writes, Chhatra Shakti, student coordinators and student leaders seeking to form a political party were vilified through allegations that she says were not later proven. She argues that such narratives weakened their public credibility.