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Bangladesh Chhatra League

Bangladesh Chhatra League
বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ
AbbreviationBSL
PresidentSaddam Hussain[1]
General SecretarySheikh Wali Asif Enan [2]
FounderSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Founded4 January 1948 (1948-01-04)
Preceded byEast Pakistan Muslim Students' League
Headquarters23, Bangabandhu Avenue, Gulistan, Dhaka
Party flag
Website
bsl.org.bd

The Bangladesh Chhatra League (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ; translation: Bangladesh Students' League; abbr. BSL), formerly known as the East Pakistan Student League, often simply called the Chhatra League, is a students' political organisation in Bangladesh, founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 4 January 1948. BSL is the student wing of the Bangladesh Awami League.[3]

BSL has been repeatedly accused of using torture, extortion, violence, forced prostitution, and killings to instill fear.[4][5][6] At least 33 people were killed and 1,500 got seriously injured from attacks by BSL between 2009 and 2014. Number of fatalities rose to 129 between 2014 and 2018 while 31 people were killed in 2018 alone.[7]

A BSL leader was arrested for links with the banned terrorist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh in a militant hunt after the July 2016 Dhaka attack.[8] The leaders and activists of BSL were also found involved in the 2021 Bangladesh communal violence.[9]

Bangladesh Chhatra League is accused of running a 'forced prostitution' racket by forcing the girls of Eden Mohila College unit by blackmailing them.[10]

Following the attacks on student protesters in 2018, a petition was started by general people of Bangladesh to "Enlist Bangladesh Chhatra League (BSL) as a Terrorist Organization" at Change.org.[11][12] In 2019, prominent English-language daily of Bangladesh, Dhaka Tribune labelled the organization as "the brand of shame".[13] On 26 May 2022, after a series of attack on dissident student groups, eight left-wing student organizations termed Bangladesh Chhatra League a 'terrorist organization'.[14]

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  2. ^ "Saddam Hussain new president, Sheikh Enan gen secy of Chhatra League". Dhaka Tribune. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh students attacked during Dhaka protest". BBC News. 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ Ratcliffe, Redwan Ahmed Rebecca (10 October 2019). "Father demands justice after student beaten to death in Bangladesh". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Killing of Bangladesh student triggers protests". BBC News. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh Student Killing Sparks University Protests". Voice of America. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
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  8. ^ "Chhatra League leader arrested for militant links". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Pirganj Communal Violence: BCL man sparked the blaze". The Daily Star. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Women leaders seek probe into allegations". New Age. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Awami League / Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)". Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Bloody Sunday in Bangladesh". Democracy News. 5 August 2018.
  13. ^ "The brand of shame that is Chhatra League". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Student orgs for holding meeting at DU for peaceful atmosphere on campus". The Daily Star. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

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