Street protests had been boiling over for more than a month. The movement, which initially began with the demand for quota reforms, had already transformed into a bloody conflict. Amid consecutive deaths, arrests, allegations of enforced disappearances, and severe repression, the country's political reality was shifting rapidly. It was in such a moment, on August 3, 2024, that the "one-point demand" was declared from the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital. That declaration fundamentally altere...
