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Protest against Gross Violation of Human Rights and Rule of
Law, Political Repression, and State Terrorism by Present
Awami League Regime in Bangladesh
Over the last couple of years Bangladesh has been gradually
slipping into authoritarianism and mob
rule sponsored by current government. Dismantling freedom and
rule of law, violation of human rights
and removal of mechanisms of public security have become the
norm of the day. Suppression of freemedia and persecution of
political opponents and state terrorism by government machinery
have
become the order of time.
The present regime of Awami League is brutally suppressing the
political opposition. The leaders and
activists of the opposition parties are being harassed by
government supporters and security forces.
Many of the leaders including the top leadership of Bangladesh
Jamaat-i-Islami has been arrested in
concocted cases and put into police remand. Those in remand are
deprived of their minimal civic and
constitutional rights. They have put through inhumane torture in
police custody. Opposition leaders
were attacked in the street by security forces and government
party supporters. Plain clothes security
officials are arresting people without any due legal process and
causing them to disappear.
The government has shut down TV channels and newspapers critical
of its unlawful activities. Channel1, Jamuna TV and Daily Amardeshs
declarations were revoked. Amardesh editor Mr. Mahmudur
Rahman was arrested in some concocted case and has been
undergoing torture in police custody in the
pretext of remand. TV channels were forced to stop popular talk
shows critical of government actions.
Government is using its security apparatus to terrorize the
population of the population. They are
creating an atmosphere in which people feel insecure. Government
party activists are attacking
ordinary people and political opposition in various parts of the
country. Government sponsored student
organization Bangladesh Chhatra Leauge has destroyed the
educational environment of Bangladeshi
college/university campuses. Along with the persecution of
opposition student supporters, Chhatra
League activists got involved in intra party conflict in which
many students were killed.
No segment of Bangladeshi society women, children, religious
people, homeless, students
businessmen, university professors, public servants even police
officers are safe from Awami
brutality today. That is why it is time that as a concern
Bangladeshi you should wake up and join a
protest rally in front of the United Nations.
What: Protest Rally against Government Brutality in
Bangladesh
Where: In Front of the United Nations [47thStreet and 1
stAvenue, Manhattan]
When: Saturday, 31 July 2010 / 11:00 AM1:00 PM
Organized by: Concerned Bangladeshi Community in New York
