, May 12 -- Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Tuesday said the July Museum will remain a lasting inspiration for future generations in the struggle against autocracy.

"As long as this museum exists, the history of the people's resistance against authoritarianism in this country will be preserved," he said while briefing reporters after visiting the July Mass Uprising Museum.

The Speaker said the museum has vividly portrayed the repression, violence and killings carried out during the '16 years of sham and staged elections' under the rule of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

He said the sacrifices of Abu Sayed, Mugdha, Wasim and others during the July-August uprising would continue to inspire the nation.

He added that duri...