Left parties demand war criminals' trial
Friday, 28 December 2007
The country's left-leaning political parties Thursday demanded immediate trial of the war criminals by forming a special tribunal under International War Criminal Act, reports UNB.
The left political leaders also urged people of all walks of life to be united to build a mass movement in the country for implementing the spirit of the Liberation War and trial of the war criminals.
The demand was made through a press conference, organised by the Democratic Left Alliances at the Dhaka Reporters' Unity, where the alliance convenor Khalequzzaman delivered a written statement.
He alleged that the government wants to shirk its responsibility to put the war criminals on trial. "The war crimes were perpetrated against the entire Bengali nation during the Liberation War in 1971," he said.
Criticising the previous Awami League and BNP governments, he said, those two political parties had made Jamaat-e-Islami, the mastermind of 1971 war crimes, their political associates.
President of Gonotantrik Mojdur Party Adv Abdus Salam, President of
Biplobi Oikyo Front Moshrefa Mishu, Convenor of Gonosonghoti Andolon Zunayed Saki, General Secretary of Workers Party Saiful Huq, CPB (ML) Convenor Badrul Alam, Convenor of Bangladesh Gonotantrik Andolon Hamidul Haque, General Secretary of Bangladesh Samyobadi Dol Saiful Islam, Convenor of Jatiyo Oikyo Front Tipu Biswas, among others, were present at the press conference.
The left political leaders also urged people of all walks of life to be united to build a mass movement in the country for implementing the spirit of the Liberation War and trial of the war criminals.
The demand was made through a press conference, organised by the Democratic Left Alliances at the Dhaka Reporters' Unity, where the alliance convenor Khalequzzaman delivered a written statement.
He alleged that the government wants to shirk its responsibility to put the war criminals on trial. "The war crimes were perpetrated against the entire Bengali nation during the Liberation War in 1971," he said.
Criticising the previous Awami League and BNP governments, he said, those two political parties had made Jamaat-e-Islami, the mastermind of 1971 war crimes, their political associates.
President of Gonotantrik Mojdur Party Adv Abdus Salam, President of
Biplobi Oikyo Front Moshrefa Mishu, Convenor of Gonosonghoti Andolon Zunayed Saki, General Secretary of Workers Party Saiful Huq, CPB (ML) Convenor Badrul Alam, Convenor of Bangladesh Gonotantrik Andolon Hamidul Haque, General Secretary of Bangladesh Samyobadi Dol Saiful Islam, Convenor of Jatiyo Oikyo Front Tipu Biswas, among others, were present at the press conference.