BNP has taken preparations to form human chains across the country, including in the capital, today (Dec 10), together with the family members of victims of enforced disappearance and political killings, marking the international Human Rights Day, reports UNB.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the remarks while speaking at a virtual press briefing on Friday.
He talked about the party's preparation for making the programme a success on Sunday.
In the capital, he said they will form a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club at 11:00 am. "BNP's Dhaka North City unit and Dhaka South city unit have taken all necessary preparations in this regard," said Rizvi.
Besides, the BNP leader said all of the party's district units are going to replicate the programme on the same day at the same time, to highlight the issue of human rights violations in Bangladesh.
He warned if the government tries to create obstacles in holding the programme, his party's leaders and workers will have no choice but to put up resistance.
Rizvi said they want to observe the programme successfully as a symbol of protest against injustice.
He called upon the leaders and activists of BNP at all levels and the family members of those who were subjected to enforced disappearance and political and extrajudicial killings to spontaneously take part in the human chains across the country, including in Dhaka.
He thanked opposition leaders and workers for observing their 48-hour blocked programme that ended at 6:00 am on Friday to realise their demand for holding the 12th parliamentary election under a non-party caretaker government.
BNP observed blockades in 10 phases and hartals in three phases since the party's October 28 grand rally at Nayapaltan in the capital was foiled by police.
He alleged that his party's leaders and activists are being repressed and deprived of all facilities as prisoners, extremely violating their human rights.
"The current IG Prison has verbally directed all jail authorities to deprive all the prisoners belonging to BNP of all general facilities to appease Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he said.
Rizvi said humanity and human rights have no value to the 'authoritarian' Awami League government.
"The Awami government has now turned into a despotic regime to retain power…They want the country's people to forget the truth and they want to remove the truth from the society. They're also trying to eliminate justice from the country," he said.
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