Citizens denounce harassment on teachers

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UNB, Dhaka :
Seventy four teachers, advocates, writers, artists, human rights activists on Wednesday condemned the several attacks and harassment on the teachers of Dhaka University and Chattogram University, who protested the attacks on the students demanding quota reform. Demanding to ensure the democratic rights of
freedom of expression and freedom of thoughts in the society, the teachers and activists also urged to stop attacking the teachers of universities. They issued the joint statement initiated by National Committee against Fascism and Imperialism. In the statement they condemned the recent attack on the DU teachers including Akmal Hossain, Tanjimuddin Khan and Fahmidul Huq as well as the teachers of CU, Maidul Islam and Ali Ar Razi. “We strongly condemn the student organization and the authorities of the two universities involved in such undemocratic and fascist attitude”, they said in the statement. They also alleged that, the authority is intentionally using a part of the one of Professor Akmal Hossain’s recent speech to legitimate the attack on quota reform movement.
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