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July uprising remembered via lens and films in Canada
Bangladesh High Commission in Canada has opened “July Beyond Borders” on Friday — a stirring photo exhibition and documentary screening marking the first anniversary of the 2024 July Uprising.
The exhibition remains open to the public through to 5 August.
Held at the High Commission auditorium in Ottawa, the launch event gathered members of the Bangladesh diaspora and other Canadian guests.
The exhibition presents powerful visual testimony from a movement that began with students on the streets and grew into a nationwide cry for justice, dignity, non-discrimination, and emancipation.
What started as peaceful protests against a job quota system in mid-2024 became a sweeping uprising against state repression.
Guests at the opening, watching photos and footage of candlelit vigils, marches, and moments of brutal crackdown, were visibly moved — many recalling the uprising as a turning point in Bangladesh’s political history.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to Canada, Nahida Sobhan, said: “This exhibition is not just a tribute to the past — it is a reminder of the resilience and discrimination-free spirit that defines the people of Bangladesh, especially its youth.”
“July Beyond Borders” honours the courage of a generation who stood their ground and ensures that their sacrifice is neither forgotten nor confined by geography, reports UNB.