Law makers, political leaders and analysts, lawyers and university teachers simultaneously on Sunday called upon the government to take effective initiatives to stop extra judicial and political killings.| I'm pretty sure it has slowed down — the Crossfire Gazette hasn't published in weeks. The RAB likes press releases too much to be quiet about this, right? |
Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia, Former law minister and incumbent law maker Abdul Matin Khasru, political analyst Farhad Mazhar, Major General (Retd) Moinul Hossain Chowdhury, BNP leader Shamsuz-zaman Dudu and University teacher Dr. Piash Karim attended the roundtable discussion.
Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia said that as per constitution the government would have to ensure safety of people and their property. "If the government wants to establish a democratic state, firstly the role of law in the country will have to be ascertained. Otherwise, extra judicial killings will not be stopped," he said, adding that physical torture on people during interrogation should be stopped as it is a total violation of constitutional rights of the people.
Abdul Matin Khasru said that culture of impunity brought up by different governments in past contributed to conducting extra judicial killings in the country. To stop these killings, those who are actually responsible for patronizing extra judicial killing in the country since independence will have to be identified. After all, a political commitment among political parties is very much needed to stop extra judicial killings including political killing.
Calling upon people to be united against extra judicial killing, Farhad Mazhar said that these killings by law enforcing agencies must not be launched under democratic government violating constitutional rights of people. "It would appear that to keep the government in power, is the main duty of the government employees who are being capriciously used by governments to conduct extra judicial killings since long. The government will have to come out from this bad ideology in order to ensure the rule of law in the country," said Major General (Retd) Moinul Hossain Chowdhury.
Echoing the same, University teacher Dr. Piash Karim said that it is the high time to set up a National Human rights protection committee with a view to protecting all sorts of rights of the people.
| Excepting, of course, that the bad boys from the Purgla communist party, the Biplobis, the sawans, and the various islamicists have no interest in a Bangladesh that has human rights, law or order. Perhaps you take care of them first? |