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| Jamaats fresh agitation plan |
| 2010-07-04 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday came up with a fresh five-day programme including demonstrations across the country today and tomorrow, demanding the release of its top three leaders. The party leaders will also form human chains on July 7, and its leaders and workers will be fasting on July 9 and 10. Party's acting Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam announced the programme at a press conference at the party's headquarters in the city's Boro Moghbazar. Jamaat at the conference denied allegations of its involvement in any subversive activities in the country. Jamaat Ameer [Chief] Motiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid and Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee were arrested from the capital and Savar on June 29 on charges of hurting religious sentiments of Muslims. The Jamaat leaders were placed on remand for 16 days in five cases on June 30. The party on the same day announced a two-day programme including protest rallies across the country. Azharul at the yesterday's conference said the three have been doing politics peacefully and lawfully. People of the country know them well, and there is no evidence of their involvement in any illegal activities, he added. He also said the detainees were being severely tortured mentally during interrogation. Jamaat is a legal political party but the government is not allowing it to play its role as an opposition, he noted. |
| Posted by:Fred |