{"id":1687,"date":"2025-07-08T00:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T00:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2025-07-08T00:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T00:05:27","slug":"ordinance-no-30-2025-the-july-movement-a-new-conspiracy-to-distort-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1687","title":{"rendered":"Ordinance No. 30, 2025: The July Movement\u2014a new conspiracy to distort history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ordinance No. 30, issued in July 2025, is a carefully crafted political propaganda document that seeks to frame a 2024 media-driven, foreign-influenced incident as an \u201cuprising.\u201d It was a period marked by the killing of thousands of police officers and the torching of state assets, creating instability and pushing the country into chaos. We see this as a conspiracy against the state and the Constitution. Below are the main components of this ordinance and clear reasoning against it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Historical manipulation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2009, Sheikh Hasina\u2019s government has faced intense criticism. Yet, the ordeals of the previous regimes are completely ignored!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1194\">July Conspiracy: Gazetted lists contain many fake martyrs, injured fighters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=716\">Fact-check: Legitimacy of Yunus government in question<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=507\">Fact-check: How Yunus lies about his complicity in July Conspiracy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the assassination of the Father of the Nation in 1975, a long era of military rule began. General Zia unlawfully seized power, assuming both the presidency and the role of army chief. During his rule, around 4,500 freedom fighter army and air force officials were hanged without trial. Where were human rights then? He executed war-wounded freedom fighter Colonel Taher. General Zia himself was assassinated in a military coup. Later, General Ershad took power\u2014was that democracy? Power held by military force, enforced disappearances, crossfires, and mass killings were rampant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2001, after the BNP-Jamaat alliance came to power, heinous violence against minorities erupted. Women from Hindu families were raped in front of their relatives\u2014incidents like those of Purnima and Mohima made it into UN reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the BNP regime, Bangladesh topped global corruption rankings five times. Reports of money laundering, extortion, and terrorism filled both local and international media. Jihadist rise under Bangla Bhai, the grenade attack on the Awami League rally on August 21 that killed 24 people, and the synchronised bombings across 63 districts on August 17, 2005, all occurred during this period. Numerous leaders were assassinated: Shah AMS Kibria, Ahsanullah Master, Manjurul Imam, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, why was the Awami League selectively targeted from 2009 onwards? When BNP boycotts elections by choice, labelling each government since as \u201cillegitimate\u201d is nothing short of historical distortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. State recognition of the July movement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The so-called \u201cJuly Movement\u201d of 2024 was a media-fuelled propaganda operation, orchestrated by foreign NGOs and corporate outlets to destabilise Sheikh Hasina\u2019s government. It was nothing more than an attempt to brand a quota movement as a revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=629\">AL is blamed for mass killings, but Yunus Gang admitted it already<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no mass base. It was a silent coup, with Dr. Yunus at its centre. He himself claimed in interviews: \u201cEven if I don\u2019t have popular support, I have international connections,\u201d\u2014revealing his authoritarian mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Granting state recognition to this event is to legitimise an unconstitutional and unethical conspiracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. State benefits for so-called \u201cJuly martyrs\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labelling those who died in the clashes as \u201cmartyrs\u201d is an insult to the Constitution and the spirit of the Liberation War. The word \u201cShaheed\u201d (martyr) is sacred and reserved for those who died for independence\u2014Shaheed Rafiq and Shaheed Jabbar cannot be equated with so-called \u201cJuly martyrs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most victims were shot in the head or neck\u2014an indicator of sniper fire. Neuroscience Hospital specialists, including Dr. Fuad Galib and Dr. Shamsul Arefin, confirm fatal sniper wounds in several patients. Weapon expert Abdul Haque, after reviewing bullets, stated they came from military-grade sniper rifles, which the police did not use. Then, where did they come from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1665\">Hasnat targets Bashundhara as mob-king Yunus tightens grip on media<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1652\">Shia Muslims observe Ashura while militants enjoy impunity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1636\">Meticulous design: Mahfuj Alam reveals July conspiracy, defends mobs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Home Affairs Advisor Sakhawat Hossain raised questions about the 7.62mm bullets. He was removed from his post the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One case: Md. Shahadat Hossain Shawon, who died on the Jatrabari flyover. His body, exhumed 9 months later, revealed clean-through sniper wounds to the head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why did Yunus\u2019s group oppose autopsies if they had nothing to hide?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Providing benefits to such families disrespects actual freedom fighter families. Martyrs die for the country, not for conspiracies. Resettling such people only creates future threats to national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. \u201cJuly Fighters\u201d and the formation of a rehabilitation board<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term \u201cfighter\u201d holds enormous national dignity and is traditionally reserved for Liberation War heroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating a new class called \u201cJuly Fighters\u201d undermines this legacy and is part of a plot to establish a parallel administrative system, spearheaded by Yunus-aligned anti-liberation elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This group includes opportunists from both left and right, acting under foreign agendas. Their rehabilitation is a misuse of the national treasury to reward conspirators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Promoting \u201cJuly Ideology\u201d as state policy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no such thing as a \u201cJuly Ideology.\u201d It is an attempt to turn one man\u2019s self-defense narrative into national policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The core ideologies of Bangladesh, enshrined in the 1972 Constitution, are secularism, democracy, socialism, and nationalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1584\">Patiya police chief transferred after threat of bloodshed by Yunus\u2019 mob gang<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1581\">News of Yunus\u2019 tax evasion of thousands of crores of taka disappeared<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1562\">88 expat Bangladeshis condemn persecution of journalists<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This \u201cnew ideology\u201d is merely a politically motivated rewriting of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. State preservation of July history<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On what basis should the state preserve this history?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on reports from Al Jazeera or the New York Times?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a Clinton Global Initiative event in New York, Dr. Yunus said the July movement was \u201cmeticulously designed,\u201d and people didn\u2019t even know who the leaders were. He introduced Mahfuz as the mastermind behind the uprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was no mass revolution. It was foreign orchestration and an NGO-media showroom before the election. Creating such parallel histories undermines both the Liberation War and the ideals of Bangabandhu after 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. Criminalising \u201cJuly denial\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punishing people for denying the July \u201cuprising\u201d is a blatant attack on freedom of speech and violates Article 39 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not democracy\u2014it\u2019s fascism, where truth becomes a punishable offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the gazette, lists of thousands of injured are compiled from divisions like Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Mymensingh\u2014forming a \u201cpolitical workforce\u201d under the label of \u201cJuly Fighters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No democratic or judicial scrutiny has been applied, leaving no room for verifying the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a base for future demands\u2014state positions, pensions, jobs, and funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A law has been made against the Constitution and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This misuse of titles like \u201cState Martyr\u201d and \u201cFighter\u201d mocks their original meaning. Using administrative and legislative tools, a \u201cshadow liberation war\u201d is being created, betraying actual history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically, the gazette begins with a claim that from January 9, 2009, under Sheikh Hasina\u2019s rule, disappearances, murders, repression, and economic collapse began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Really?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2009, Bangladesh\u2019s GDP was $88 billion. In 2024, it exceeded $480 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign reserves went from $1.5 billion to $25\u201326 billion, even post-crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per capita income jumped from $577 to $2,900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Swiss banks recorded a surge in Bangladesh\u2019s overseas funds, from 26 million francs to nearly 60 million francs within a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early 2025, advisors Asif Mahmud, Asif Nazrul, and press secretary Shafiq visited Switzerland amid reports of 1 trillion taka being laundered over 10 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ordinance No. 30, 2025 is\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. A document of historical distortion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. A legalised framework to destabilise Sheikh Hasina\u2019s government<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. A blueprint against the spirit of the Liberation War<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. A foreign lobby-backed conspiracy to create a shadow state within Bangladesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It must be repealed immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ban all political labels like \u201cJuly Martyr\u201d and \u201cJuly Fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaffirm the Liberation War\u2019s ideals as the only national ideals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defend Bangladesh\u2019s true history\u2014only then can the nation and its future generations survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/albd.org\/articles\/news\/41587\/Ordinance-No.-30,-2025:-The-July-Movement-%E2%80%93-A-New-Conspiracy-to-Distort-History\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writer: Sakhawat Hossain<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordinance No. 30, issued in July 2025, is a carefully crafted political propaganda document that seeks to frame a 2024 media-driven, foreign-influenced incident as an \u201cuprising.\u201d It was a period&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[77,46,76,73,50,71,54,75,321,338,516,137,241,56,85,63,342,64],"class_list":["post-1687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-awami-league","tag-bnp","tag-extremism","tag-hizb-ut-tahrir","tag-interim-government","tag-islami-chhatra-shibir","tag-jamaat-e-islami","tag-july-conspiracy","tag-july-gazette-scandal","tag-july-joddha","tag-july-movement","tag-july-riots","tag-militancy","tag-muhammad-yunus","tag-national-citizen-party-ncp","tag-sheikh-hasina","tag-touhidi-janata","tag-yunus-gang"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1689,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions\/1689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}