Parents and relatives of students and civilians who were killed in violence during the Quota Reform Movement and anti-government protests in July and August placed seven-point demand including formation of a special tribunal.
They made the demands at a human chain organised by the families of the victims at the Central Shaheed Minar on Wednesday.
Their demands include bringing former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back to the country and trial her for ordering the massacre, punishing Obaidul Quader and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal for making provocative statements against the movement and those who directly and indirectly cooperated with the government.
They also demanded swift trial of activists of Awami League and its affiliated parties who were involved in attacks and killings.
"A full list of the martyrs should be published quickly and proper compensation and monthly financial assistance should be provided to the families of the victims and the treatment of the injured should be arranged by the government," family members demanded at the human chain.
Parents and relatives demanded the interim government to give status of national heroes to the martyrs of the movement and bring qualitative changes in the state structure (legislative, judicial, executive) to prevent discrimination.
They also demanded an investigation under the United Nations.
Some 400 people were killed in clashes with Awami League activists and law enforcers in July and August centring the Quota Reform Movement and subsequent anti-government protests.
Many parents attended the human chain carrying photographs of their blood-stained children. They broke down in tears while speaking.
The younger sister of a martyr Juel said, "The movement was not the movement of the students only. People from all walks of life joined the movement. My brother Juel was not a student. He was an employee and the only earner of our family. He died being hit by a bullet on July 19."
Breaking into tears, she said, "My father had a major heart operation on July 15. He still does not know that his son is no more. My mother and I tried to stop my brother several times from joining the movement but he did not listen to us saying that it a mass movement like 1971. Even after showing papers at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), the hospital authority has not issued any death certificate until now."
Rickshaw puller Hafizul Sikder was shot dead in the capital's Badda on Jul 19. His father, Abu Bakar Sikder, took part in the human chain carrying a photograph of his dead son.
He said, "My poor son used to drive a rickshaw. He left with the vehicle that day to earn a livelihood. But he never returned home. A bullet made my two grandchildren orphans and his wife a widow."
"Hasina is responsible for the murder as she directed forces to open fire indiscriminately. I want justice for my son's murder."
Tahir Zaman Priyo, former video journalist of TheReport.live, died after he was injured by gunshots while taking photographs during a clash at Dhanmondi's Central Road on Jul 19.
Tahir's mother Samsi Ara Zaman spoke at the human chain, among others.
