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The ban was due to expire early Friday, but the group has yet to reveal its future course of action.
Islam, 26, the chief coordinator of the group Students Against Discrimination, told AFP from his hospital bed on Monday that he feared for his life.
He said that two days ago, a group of people claiming to be detectives blindfolded and handcuffed him and took him to an unknown location.
He regained consciousness on a roadside in Dhaka the next morning, Islam added.
Mahmoud previously told AFP that he was also detained and beaten by police at the height of the unrest last week.
Three senior Dhaka police officers denied that the three were taken away from the hospital and detained on Friday.
Thousands of people arrested
Police told AFP on Thursday they had At least 4,000 people have been arrested since the riots broke out last weekincluding 2,500 in Dhaka.
Student protests began this month after the government reintroduced a plan in June to reserve more than half of government jobs for certain candidates.
According to government data, about 18 million young people are unemployed in Bangladesh, and the move has deeply disturbed graduates who face a serious employment crisis.
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