Outsider : Classroom Of The Elite

Update: Aftermath

I'm writing this as soon as the internet came back.

I swear with my life, the long silence was not intentional. Nor was it to create some stupid death rumor sympathy effect to gain a few clicks. I wanted to keep you guys up to date about my situation, but they intentionally caused a region-wide internet blackout.

Sorry for making you guys worried. It wasn't professional to get you guys involved in another country's political feud.

I've escaped. I'm fine. I'm safe.. for now.

For those wondering about the aftermath, well... the country's a 'mess'. Trust me, they're probably not showing any of the things I'm saying here.

Our demands were met (temporarily) and a merit based system was promised to be implemented on all government based structures. The previous 56% quota reservation was reduced to a mere 7%.

Shouldn't we be satisfied with that?

As if..

Truthfully, we've won the battle, but lost the war. No, collectively, I think we've lost.

As mentioned before, it's a temporary hearing from the high court; which means the government can change it whenever they want. Sheikh Hassina never addressed nor apologized for calling us Rajakar (Traitor). The goal of removing student politics, the main cause of this mess remained unresolved. The families of the 200+ souls who were mercilessly murdered during the demonstrations are uncompensated (And the news says it's only six. They must think we're blind or something). Those fucking dogs are smugly walking the streets scott free!

This was the first time we took an unexpected stand against this corrupt government. We'd managed to shake the entire country to it's core. Naturally, they'd want to take control of the leash again. They'll silently initiate their own culling program once everything dies down, spreading cold terror and only sparing those in support of Hassina.

My mistake, they already have..

It was only a week ago. The armies were not sent back to their barracks. Instead, the government suddenly declared a nationwide curfew; thus equipping the army with section 144, the legal right to arrest or shoot any vigilante (civilian/students) who dared to protest. Freedom of speech, my ass.

We were forced to stay within the confines of our houses, just like the COVID-19 days. Without the internet, we'd become blind and deaf to what was 'actually' going on in the country. Without any means of communication, there was no crying for international help as we'd become silent.

Other political groups decided to butt in, causing the situation to go from bad to worse.

In the name of stopping political vigilantes, only lord knows how many people have been shot for the last few days. I've read it in the newspaper that the army had launched a 'Chiruni' mission to detain everyone who were involved with spreading 'misinformation' and participated in inciting violence.

The unity between the students collapsed. We're unable to gather together because of the curfew. The communication between us is nonexistent.

And expectedly, students began to go missing.

A senior of my own department who was only a year older than me, had been part of the movement from the very beginning. He's not picking up anyone's calls anymore. Not even his parents know his whereabouts. It's been almost five days now since he's gone radio silent.