July Uprising Organizer Osman Hadi Dies in Singapore; Bangladesh Declares National Mourning

• Sharif Osman Hadi, convener of Inquilab Mancha and July uprising organizer, died in Singapore after being shot in Dhaka on December 12.
• He was an independent candidate for the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad elections from Dhaka-8 constituency.
• Political parties including Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami expressed condolences.
• Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus appealed for calm, vowing justice for the "brutal assassination" and support for Hadi's family.
• Bangladesh government declared a one-day national mourning, with flags at half-mast, and his body will be repatriated from Singapore.

Why It Matters: July Uprising organizer Osman Hadi died after being shot; Bangladesh declared national mourning and vowed justice.