Dhaka: According to the Dhaka Tribune, thousands of demonstrators gathered in the capital of Bangladesh on Tuesday to call for justice for those slain during a widespread rebellion against the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina‘s administration in July.

In remembrance of those who died during the July demonstrations, participants in the “March for Unity” observed a minute of silence at the Central Shaheed Minar on Tuesday afternoon. At 4:00 pm, the Students Against Discrimination gathering got underway.

According to The Daily Star, the Jatiya Nagorik Committee and Students Against Discrimination said they will hold further protests if the government does not release the Proclamation of July Uprising by January 15.

“A document of proclamation on the July mass uprising is still missing,” said Hasnat Abdullah, chairman of the Students Against Discrimination. The deadline for issuing it is January 15. We want to get back together here with the declaration on that day.

He said that they will not give up on their battle against the Awami League and “fascism.” “We shall keep up our fight against the Awami League and Nazism. There are plots going on in the Secretariat, in the police, and even in the courts because many people couldn’t embrace our rebellion,” Abdullah said.

“We want a new Bangladesh that will not tolerate any intimidation by any country; we want a country without any tender manipulation and extortion,” said Nasiruddin Patwary, chairperson of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee. The Daily Star said, “We want the government to hold Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League accountable right away.”

“The next election will be held to elect a constituent assembly, which will decide on the new constitution and later play the role of the legislature,” said Akhtar Hossain, member secretary of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee.

“We learned from the uprising that the meaning of independence is the rights of farmers-labours, the basic human rights of all people, their right to food, education, and health,” said Arif Sohel, member secretary of Students Against Discrimination. The declaration should include all of these.

Following weeks of demonstrations and riots that claimed over 600 lives, Sheikh Hasina was overthrown on August 5 by a student-led uprising. A provisional administration headed by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus was established when Hasina, 76, fled to India.

Demanding changes to the quota system that allocated 30% of government employment for family members of veterans who participated in the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan, tens of thousands of students took to the streets in July.

The government of Bangladesh, headed by Sheikh Hasina, then implemented a curfew and banned mobile internet access on July 17.

According to Al Jazeera, the demonstrations, which are among the most significant upheavals in Hasina’s 15-year reign, were mostly peaceful until last week when pro-government student organizations and the police assaulted the protesters.

Asaduzzaman Khan, the home minister of Bangladesh, said that the violence claimed the lives of at least 147 people. Students Against Discrimination, the primary protest organization, reported a preliminary death toll of at least 266.