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| Safe home worries Jamaat |
| 2011-04-17 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed concern over the lives of its leaders Motiur Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid, who will be quizzed at a "safe home" in Dhanmondi instead of Dhaka Central Jail for links to war crimes. Terming the "safe home" a torture cell, Jamaat acting secretary general ATM Azharul Islam said, "We are deeply concerned about the safety of our leaders. The Safe Home is in an area, which is considered a ruling party stronghold." He was speaking at a presser at the party headquarters in the city's Moghbazar area. The Jamaat leader announced a countrywide protest rally on April 18 demanding cancellation of the remand of the two party leaders. "The government will have to take the full responsibility, if anything happens to the two top leaders," Ahzarul said. The International Crimes Tribunal on April 13 allowed interrogators to quiz the two at a "Safe Home" in Dhanmondi from 10:00am to 5:00pm on two dates. During a court hearing, defence counsel Munshi Ahsan Kabir said the "safe home" is in a residential area that lacks security and medical facilities. But Chief Prosecutor Ghulam Arieff Tipoo rejected the claim and told the court that the "Safe Home" is well-secured. On April 5, the tribunal allowed Sherlocks to quiz Nizami and Mojahid inside Dhaka Central Jail in connection with 1971 war crimes. |
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