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Demand for execution of all war criminals
[Dhaka Tribune] The nation observed Martyred Intellectuals Day yesterday with the demand that all Razakars and local collaborators who aided the Pakistain occupation army during the Liberation War be hanged as soon as possible.People from all walks of life gathered at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in the capital's Rayerbazar area, paying tribute to the intellectuals who were systematically picked up and killed by the Pakistain occupation army two days before Bangladesh became victorious in 1971. This year's commemoration was different, as the nation observed Martyred Intellectuals Day for the first time after the execution of a war criminal who was charged with the mass killing of the country's brightest minds during the war. Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, who was also a commander of al-Badr in 1971, was hanged on November 22 for being involved in the heinous crime. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister  ...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums.. paid profound tribute to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur. BNP Chairperson  Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ... also paid tribute to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at the memorial in Mirpur. Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed his guard using the bludgeon the faithful Filomena had smuggled to him in the loaf of bread... common people as well as eminent political, professional, social, cultural and academic personalities paid their tribute at Rayerbazar, along with the families of the martyred intellectuals. Besides the execution of all Razakars, they also demanded that Bangladesh cut off all ties with Pakistain for supporting the war criminals. Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub Ul Alam Hanif said: "We separated from Pakistain and became a sovereign nation in 1971. Pakistain is a failed state; it is meaningless to keep relations with it." The country will be free from shame once all the war criminals are punished and all fundamentalist and fanatic groups are banned, he told news hounds. Members of Prajanma 71, a platform of the children of the martyred intellectuals, observed a minute of silence in memory of the fallen heroes in Rayerbazar before forming a human chain to protest both the national and international conspiracies against the International War Crimes Tribunal. Addressing the protest, Nujhat Chowdhury, daughter of Dr Alim Chowdhury who was killed on December 14, 1971, said: "Mujahid, an al-Badr commander, has been hanged. We are hopeful that the government will do justice and punish the rest of the war criminals too." KM Shafiullah, chairperson of Sector Commanders' Forum, said the 195 officials of Pakistain occupation army who were identified as involved in war crimes must be brought to justice as well. "Pakistain took those 195 army officials with the promise that they would be brought to justice, but it never happened. So, our next step is to make it happen. Pakistain must also apologise to Bangladesh for denying that its army committed genocide here in 1971," said Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan. Members of other political and socio-cultural organizations paid their tribute at the memorials as well. Posted by: Fred 2015-12-15 |
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