Nov 13
Golam Maola Roni I met Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali last Ramadan in 2013. At that time I was a detainee in Kashempur Prison. Back then, I had been arrested with the care accorded to a thief, a robber or a gang leader, despite the fact that I bore the designation of MP (Member of …
Nov 09
Death Penalty Should be Suspended Indefinitely; Trial Seriously Flawed NOVEMBER 9, 2014 Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned at news that the government has ordered the authorities at Dhaka Central jail to make preparations for the execution of Kamaruzzamn. Kamaruzzaman was transferred to Dhaka Central Jail following the appeals verdict, a signal that his execution …
Nov 09
November 3, 2014 The ICJ deplores that in less than a week, Bangladesh courts ordered the death penalty in three cases. All three condemned men are leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamist party and an ally of the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party. On 3 November 2014, the Appellate Division of the …
Nov 08
GENEVA (6 November 2014) Two United Nations human rights experts today urged the Government of Bangladesh to stay the execution of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, leader of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, condemned to death for crimes against humanity. The UN Special Rapporteurs on summary executions, Christof Heyns, and on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, …
Oct 28
Background At the end of BNP-Jamaat-led alliance government’s tenure (2001-2006), the 13th Amendment to the Bangladesh Constitution required the president to offer the position of the Chief Adviser to the immediate past Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who was to be Justice K.M. Hasan, soon after the tenure of the government expires on October …
Oct 26
I was walking at full speed towards Baitul Mokarram at about 12:48 pm to attend the janaza of Professor Ghulam Azam when this huge anti Ghulam Ghulam Azam presence beside the police box situated at Paltan junction beside the Secretariat really freaked me out. I was well, erm… expecting more of them……. embarrasing The whole …
Oct 25
Activists and various organizations from Turkey were among the first to mourn the passing away of Professor Ghulam Azam. Social media activists raised awareness on the circumstances of the death of Professor Ghulam Azam as a victim of state sponsored injustice and oppression through the widely used hashtag #BangladesinErbakanı. Members of the Anatolian Youth Association (AGD), …
Oct 25
World Renowned Scholar Dies During State Persecution —————————————————————————– (NEW YORK, NY, Oct. 23, 2014) – The Islamic Circle of North America is saddened by the loss of Professor Ghulam Azam of Bangladesh, one of the foremost Muslim activists in the world, who died on Thursday while serving a politically motivated conviction for war crimes. Azam …
Oct 25
International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) President Sheikh Professor Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi and Secretary General Sheikh Professor Dr. Ali al-Qaradaghi have expressed deep condolence on the demise of Professor Ghulam Azam. On October 24, 2014 Friday, the IUMS top leaders and renowned Muslim scholars of the contemporary world organized janazah prayer in absentia for departed …
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