About The Project
The Monsoon Protests Archive is a digital repository led by Tech Global Institute, in partnership with the International Truth and Justice Project, dedicated to preserving and documenting human rights violations during the July Uprising in Bangladesh in 2024, which led to the collapse of the government led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Using open-source investigations, research, digital forensics, eyewitness accounts, and storytelling, we reconstruct the chronology of events with the aim of advancing truth, transitional justice, and accountability in the country. This archive serves as a public memorial to victims and survivors, and a valuable tool for researchers, journalists, and human rights defenders worldwide fighting for a more just, democratic, and rights-respecting society.
Who We Are
The Monsoon Protests Archive, a project of Tech Global Institute, was founded in 2024 to preserve documentation and unearth human rights violations and atrocities committed during Bangladesh's July Uprising. Documentation and archiving are central to criminal and human rights accountability processes. Still, they are often siloed, and archiving resources and technologies are concentrated in the Global North, despite gross abuses, wars, and conflicts being inflicted on communities in the Global Majority. Our work aims to build sociotechnical and legal capacities in Global Majority countries to advance domestic and international efforts around truth, justice, and accountability— and to contribute to open-source movements on war crimes and human rights abuse preservation. We focus on state-sanctioned abuses and crimes, particularly those related to the security sector, and are actively involved with numerous efforts on democratic reform and transitional justice in Bangladesh and elsewhere.
Why It Is Important
The Monsoon Protests Archive serves as a digital repository to preserve digital evidence of atrocities committed during the July Uprising. This digital archive safeguards materials related to justice and accountability efforts, serving as a repository for digital evidence of human rights violations. This is crucial given that social media platforms are increasingly removing online content they deem harmful or violent, which could otherwise be used in future legal proceedings. This archive will be helpful to acknowledge the suffering of victims and serve as a historical record to safeguard against revisionism and denial of atrocities.
Monsoon Protest Archive in News
Read More +Videos reveal new incidents of deadly brutality by Bangladesh police
theguardian.com (2024)
Bangladesh police killed, injured 20 unarmed protesters on Aug 5 during student agitation, says rights group
firstpost.com (January 15, 2025)
Revealed: the unlawful and targeted use of police force in Bangladesh
channel4.com (January 14, 2025)