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A Dhaka University student has been suspended for six months for advocating
online that a female student, a candidate in the upcoming Dhaka University Central
Students' Union (DUCSU) elections, be "gang-raped." His dangerous comment
drew some like-minded individuals (read potential rapists) to agree with him and
make the same statement. Ali Husen's Facebook status threatened to organise a
"march for gang rape" against BM Fahmida Alam, who represents the left-leaning
panel "Aparajeyo '71, Odommo '24", because she had filed a writ petition against
the nomination of SM Farhad, a general secretary candidate from the Islami
Chhatra Shibir-backed United Student Alliance. Following her writ petition, the
High Court on September 1 stayed the DUCSU election process until October 30.
However, an hour later, the Appellate Division's chamber judge overturned the stay
order. This was when Husen posted his disgusting status that encouraged others to
join in the misogynistic parade. It would be easy to dismiss this as a one-off
incident in which a male student expressed anti-woman sentiments, but we all
know that it is far more complex and insidious than that. Ali Husen was using an
age-old weapon to humiliate and "cancel" a young woman for daring to challenge a
man, even having the audacity to stand as a candidate.