In a statement concerning the student protests in Bangladesh and the state repression that has claimed the lives of hundreds of young people, the International Relations Committee of the Central Council of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) states:
"The Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) expresses its solidarity with the Bangladesh Students' Union and all Bangladeshi students and youth who have been on the streets for weeks against the Hasina government's decision to restore the unfair system of recruitment in the public sector, demanding merit-based recruitment procedures.
"The Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) expresses its solidarity with the Bangladesh Students' Union and all Bangladeshi students and youth who have been on the streets for weeks against the Hasina government's decision to restore the unfair system of recruitment in the public sector, demanding merit-based recruitment procedures.
We condemn the criminal state repression that has claimed the lives of hundreds of young people! The protests that began on July 1st by students of the University of Dhaka, the country's largest university, and then spread to other major universities in the country, were brutally suppressed by the police forces, resulting in the death of at least 150 people – 94 of whom are young people aged 18-29 – according to figures provided by the Bangladeshi government, while reports suggest the death toll is much higher.
We express our condolences to the families of the victims. We express our solidarity and our deepest condolences to the Bangladesh Students Union for the murder of Comrade Shaheed Mahmudul Hasan Rizvi, a member of the Organization, who was shot in the head while participating in the protests in Dhaka."
We express our condolences to the families of the victims. We express our solidarity and our deepest condolences to the Bangladesh Students Union for the murder of Comrade Shaheed Mahmudul Hasan Rizvi, a member of the Organization, who was shot in the head while participating in the protests in Dhaka."