Approach & Scope
Our Approach
Under the banner of July Council, we are conducting visual interviews across Bangladesh, visiting homes of Shaheed (martyrs), wounded survivors, and movement participants. Our team is committed to geographical diversity, reaching both urban and remote rural communities.
Each interview captures:
- The biography of the Shaheed: their background, ideals, and community ties.
- The testimony of families: experiences of state violence, mourning, and memory.
- The narratives of survivors: their role in the movement, the physical and psychological aftermath, and their vision for justice.
- The social ecosystem around the movement: how solidarity, resistance, and trauma shaped communities.
This archive is not designed for spectacle. It is a research grade repository, curated to support future scholarship, curriculum development, human rights documentation, and democratic pedagogy.
Our Scope
Based on UN estimates, the July Uprising 2024 resulted in the deaths of around 1,400 people and left nearly 20,000 wounded. Each of these lives holds a story of resistance, loss, and transformation.
July Council’s mission is to document these voices through:
- Visual interviews with families of martyrs and wounded survivors
- Field visits across cities, villages, universities, and industrial zones
- Collection of memoirs, photos, letters, and protest artifacts
Our long-term goal is to interview every affected family and survivor, building a national archive of truth, memory, and justice one voice at a time.