Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Jamaat warns against any harm to Ghulam Azam



 DHAKA NEWS

Jamaat-e-Islami leaders on Tuesday threatened the government with dire consequences if "any harm happens" to its former chief Ghulam Azam, now behind bars on charge of crimes against humanity.
“We urge the government to free our leader. No-one on the soil of Bangla will be able to live safely if any harm comes to him,” warned Selim Uddin, an assistant secretary to Jamaat's Dhaka city unit.
Speaking at a discussion marking the International Mother Language Day, he described former Jamaat ameer Ghulam Azam as a 1952 Language Movement veteran.
Jamaat organised the meeting at the Jatiya Press Club in the capital.
Ghulam Azam was sent to jail on January 11 this year on charges of crimes against humanity during the liberation war in 1971.
Azam is accused of leading pro-Pakistan militias which carried out numerous murders and rapes during the nine-month war. He was the mastermind of all crimes against humanity in 1971, said prosecutors of the International Crimes Tribunal.
In the discussion, Jamaat leaders portrayed Ghulam Azam as one of the country’s ‘gallant and popular’ figures.
Jamaat leaders even criticised the government for what they said awarding "third class" persons with the Ekushey Padak, one of the highest civilian awards in the country.
“Our leaders are behind bars. We don’t have the right to speak freely and live safely,” said Nurul Islam Bulbul, Jamaat's city unit acting secretary.

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