I’m sure by now most of you are aware of the case of Mohiuddin Ahmed, one of the killers of my family. Having run out of legal remedies he and his family have gone on a major propaganda offensive to raise sympathy for him. So I would like to present the other side of the story.
Most people are aware of the political side of the story. Most are not aware of the personal side. On behalf of my family, here it is.
My grandfather, even though he was the President, continued to live in his personal home in Dhanmondi instead of his official residence at Bangabhaban. It was an average house in a residential neighborhood. If any of you are interested in seeing the house, it is now a museum and I invite you to visit it. It has been preserved just as it was on that night in August 1975.
Mohiuddin and his cohorts killed the security guards and made their way into the house. They confronted my grandfather on the main stairway, where they shot him. They then proceeded through the house, shooting the rest of my family. They shot my grandmother, three uncles and my two older uncles’ wives.
My oldest uncle Kamal's wife Sultana was five months pregnant and she begged for her life. They shot her anyway, but she was still alive until 9:00 in the morning. Mohiuddin Ahmed himself and another officer, Huda then ordered some of their junior officers to shoot her.
My youngest uncle Russell was just 10 years old. He was terrified and begged them not to kill him. One of the officers took pity on him and tried to save him. This officer took him downstairs and tried to hide Russell. Another officer said “He’s going to grow up like a snake and come back to kill us.” Then Mohiuddin Ahmed, Huda and another officer, Noor, shot Russell.
Along with my immediate family a total of 19 members of my family were murdered that night. My grandfather’s nephew and protégé Moni and his wife were shot in their home right in front of their two sons, Parash and Taposh, who were 6 and 4 at the time. My uncle Moni’s wife was pregnant as well.
The killers then buried the bodies in 18 unmarked graves at the Banani graveyard in Dhaka. To this day we do not know who is in which grave. Only my grandfather was buried separately in his home village of Tungipara.
This narrative was pieced together from confessions of some of the killers and eyewitness accounts, mostly by the staff that worked at my grandfather’s house. Some of them still work for my family.
I am not writing this to get sympathy, or pity. What I want is that justice be served. This was not a political assassination. This was a brutal murder. Mohiuddin Ahmed is a cold blooded killer. He has been hiding out as an illegal alien in the United States and the United States justice system has recognized him for what he is, a fugitive from justice.
During our government’s term we made it a point to conduct his trial in the most transparent manner possible so that there would be absolutely no doubt about the verdict. Representatives of foreign missions, including the US Embassy in Dhaka, closely monitored the entire process. After the verdict was announced I was personally told by US State Department officials that they found the trial to be completely legitimate and they were fully satisfied with the process. This was 9 years ago.
Mohiuddin had every opportunity to fight his case. He had plenty of opportunity to appeal his conviction and sentence. He did neither, but instead chose to try and stay beyond the reach of the law. Now he is attempting to stay beyond the law again by asking to be deported to a third country. That would be a grave travesty of justice.
For all that criticize my grandfather I would like to point out a few things. First, this is just propaganda meant to divert attention from the truth. The truth is that this was a murder most heinous. No amount of political acrimony justifies this.
Second, my grandfather was elected by an overwhelming majority of the people of Bangladesh. His party, the Awami League, had won approximately 290 out of 300 seats in Parliament. That is almost the entire Parliament. They had the two thirds mandate required to make any constitutional amendments they wanted. The people had given them that mandate.
It is all too easy to second guess the politics of 35 years ago, but the world was a very different place then. What did my 10 year old uncle do to deserve to be killed? What did my grandmother do? What kind of a savage does it take to shoot a woman who is five months pregnant? A man like Mohiuddin Ahmed.
The truth remains the truth, no matter how loud some may scream that it is not. The truth is that Mohiuddin Ahmed brutally murdered women and children. And for that he must face his punishment.
Friday, March 30, 2007
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"Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free"
The nation is waiting for long to see the enforcement of the trial of the killers of Bangabandhu and his family. These people not only killed the Father of a nation but also attempted to divert the nation from the main objectives of the creation of Bangladesh- an hidden agenda taken from the defeated forces in 1971 and their foreign allies. The event of 15th August will remain as the darkest and saddest part in the life of Bangalee nation for all times to come.
I have read the letters written by Major (dismissed) Mohiuddin and his son. From their letters it is clear that he had actively participated in the coup- the heinous crime. But from the judgement of the case it is clear that he was also directly involved in the genocide committed in Bangabandhu's home in Dhanmondi 32- the home that was the destination of a nation during its liberation struggle.
1. The Indemnity Ordinance that Mohiuddin is claiming as a legal protection against his trial was an illegal law and promulgated by an illegal (self declared) president Moshtaque Ahmed. Hence Ziaur Rahman legalised it by way of Fifth Amendment of the constitution. The question of legalisation of that law came as it was not promulgated by a legal president. This way of legitimising illegal laws (like Indemnity ordinance) through constitutional amendments is itself unconstitutional (Ref: US Case, Murbary v. Maddison 1803). As you know that the Fifth Amendment is declared by the higher judiciary as unconstitutional last year. But even if the Indemnity Ordinance was legalised by Fifth Amendment, still it was an Ordinance, i.e, an ordinary law of the land, that can be repealed/amended by ordinary law making process in the parliament. That is to say, by simple majority in the parliament such law can be repealed. And this is how the Indemnity ordinance was repealed.
2. It is interesting to note that even the Indemnity Ordinance was not a safeguard for the killers of 15th August. The reason is simple. In the Indemnity Ordinance it was laid down that only those persons would enjoy indemnity (for acts committed on 15th Agust) who will carry a certificate issued by the President. Record says that no President in Bangladesh, even Moshtaque Ahmed did not issue such indemnity certificates to the killers. So even under the repealed Indemnity Ordinance they cannot claim any indemnity/protection.
3. The trial of 15 August killings was conducted in the ordinary/regular court of Bangladesh called the Court of Sessions. It was not tried in any special court or under any special law. Rather the state could lawfully conduct the trial in a special tribunal under a special law made by the parliament, as the crimes committed on 15th August were not ordinary crimes which involve elements of genocide and mutiny.
4. The High Court Division of the Supreme Court have already confirmed the fairness of the trial. Now it is pending before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for final confirmation.
I believe that the US government has utmost faith on rule of law - a system for which the US judiciary and the founding fathers of USA had immense contribution.
I believe that the US will deport Major (dismissed) Mohiuddin to Bangladesh so that he cannot defy the pronouncement of the highest court of Bangladesh.
Salim Mahmud
Assistant Professor
Department of Law
University of Dhaka
Bangladesh
Email: mahmud.salim@gmail.com
Look you could bring out a petition where we all could sign (online signatures) and send it to both president bush and Obama/Hillary Clinton. I am sure US would not be made into a safe heaven for the Criminals.
Mohiuddin is a killer and a war-criminal . His respite remains only in his death penalty.
Humans reserve the right to facilitate killers meeting God(by execution). It is then upto him to actually punish/forgive him.
Mr. Joy Thanks for your honest version of the other side of truth.Yes it is indeed that punishment should pronunce with its content.Otherwise the rule of law will be thertened.The father of the nation's who's contribution was about to give the birth of our present country does it desreves the best.What happened ont that nitght---it was most brutal scence of the history.No one can justify that.But Mr. Mohiuddin & other convicted person used to proclaim themsels as murder before.It is the demamds of every peaceliking person to try the killer of the father of nation's regardless of the differnces of political opinion. Shafiqul Alam Barket/Texas
I often disagree with a lot of things you write but this is a subject on which I have complete and utter support for what you're saying. Regardless of what justifications those men felt they had, nothing justifies murder. This event was the original sin in our country's history. The fact that these killers were indemnified and given diplomatic posts was also a disgrace. I believe that we should move on and set some matters of our country's history to rest. However, the raazakars of '71 (those directly implicated in murders), the killers of Bangabandhu and the four leaders should be brought to justice and only then can we put the past to rest.
Your interview with L.A Times on this issue.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deport31mar31,1,7033063.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Dear Joy,
Can you write these in some US newspapers so that American citizens know your view points.
i dont understand why US GOV. has stopped the process of deporting the culprit Mohiuddin untill mid of April.
We everybody believe, USA Gov. helped the Mohiuddin and GONG to murder Bongo Bondhu and his family.And USA was not in our favour for freedom of Bangladesh.
So please try not to believe USA GOV. As Mohiuddin is getting help from Law, YOU should also try to get help from Law to deport Mohiuddin to BD as early as possible.
Sushanta
Dear Sajeeb,
This is your test! Try all you can do. Email campaign to the congress men, newspaper letters, radio interview, news paper interview... don't miss any option.
Try to moblize Bangladeshi in US and ask them to write letters to the newpapers. Also write petition signed by Bangladeshis. I visted many blogs. All want Mohiudding to be deported to Bangladesh.
If US can be happy with the death sentences of Bangla Bhai etc then what is the problem with Bangabondhu trial?
Mr. Wajed,
you should sue Henry Kissinger for your Grandfather's murder. Can you do that? If you can do that, then I will say that you are seeking the truth.
This was world's saddest incident I believe. Until those killers are not being hanged I feel myself a guilty.
It was very humble approach from your mother that she didn't put those killers in special tribunal as well as I think that was also a mistake to keep them alive. You can't treat cold blooded murders like others. You should have treated those 'animals' as they deserve. Take care of yourself.
No doubt this killer should be brought back to Bangladesh and face the consequences of his crime. So should all the other killers of Sheikh Mujib. Lets go fo Dalim next... Isn't he hiding in Europe somewhere? There is no politics in this... the murderers of Mujib family must face justice.
Dear Sajeeb Bai, first of all thank u for open this site. I hope Mohiuddin will get punish and when he will be hang in death his family will be understand what's the pain when a family member die.
USA govt. should take necessary action against him. He is a terrorist and related with terrorist activities.
No one Change the history. Mohiuddin think people don;t know the truth. But he is wrong. People know who killed our national father.
I hope he will get his punishment ASAP.
Thank you
Well put.
Mohiuddin Ahmed is a brutal murderer of women and children.
Dear Sajeeb,
I read the blog in defense of Mohiuddin by his son and in it he denies his father was there or that he took part in the killings. In fact, he says it was a case of mistaken identity and that his father was a mile away when the killings took place. A bit far fetched?
I am not saying he is telling the truth. However, surely there were witnesses who can invalidate this claim. Are there?
Secondly, he calims that his father would not have got a fair trial under the AL government, who were out for revenge. Knowing the incestious corrupt and politcisation of the judiciary, one can have sympathy with this claim.
However, any such claim can be destroyed by offering a speedy retrial for his father under the current caretaker government don't you think? He is either guilty or not guilty and the current neutral government would be his ideal opportunity to prove his innocence.
Some people are justyfing the killings for Sheik Mujib and his family in defence of democracy. Alas, it seems powerful nations and men can commit most henious crimes in the name of democracy. Whether Bhongobondu was an autocratic tyrant or not, it does not excuse his murder and that of his family too.
Dear British Bangali Blogger,
In terms of your proposal for a re-trial of the case I would say that it is absolutely impossible within the legal and constitutional frameworks. The trial was done and Mohiuddin opted to defy the trial. A trial cannot wait for an accused. The process of law never stops; but unfortunately this process was made stopped for more than two decades by the quarters who were directly beneficiaries of the 15th August brutality.
Mohiuddin in his letter published in Amader Shomoy claimed that he is under constitutional protection as the Indemnity Ordinance was ratified by the Fifth Amendment of the constitution. My personal emotions are also connected with the issue of Indemnity Ordinance. While I was student of constitutional law back in 1990/1991 in Dhaka University I had made an in-depth research on Indemnity Ordinance out of my own interest and emotion. If I am not wrong I would say I was the first to write an article on this issue from legal and constitutional aspects. In my findings I noted that it was not even a black law, as a number of black laws were already prevalent in Bangladesh in early 90s. But it was the most uncivilised law and the gruesome violation of the constitution – the constitution that was philosophically written with the bloods of three million of martyrs. I noted that such a law cannot legally/constitutionally/politically/morally exist in Bangladesh as it proclaims the denial of trial of the killing of a person (and his family) who was still constitutionally the architect of Bangladesh. Earlier in my research I had noted that in the first interim constitution of Bangladesh - known as the Proclamation of Independence (issued on 10th April 1971 but retrospectively effective from 26th March 1971) under which legal and constitutional instrument our liberation war was going on, it was specifically laid down that Bangabandhu declared the independence of Bangladesh on 26 March 1971 at Dhaka and he was the leader of our liberation war. This interim constitution was confirmed and ratified by our existing constitution in its fourth schedule in 1972. Plus his declaration of independence (on 26th March 1971) was incorporated in the preamble of the 1972 the constitution as the declaration of the people of Bangladesh. This is how constitutionally Bangabandhu is the architect/founder of Bangladesh.- conventionally called the Father of the Nation. What I understand it was painful for a nation to carry the stigma like Indemnity Ordinance for about two decades.
Now I come to the point again. Mohiuddin in his letter claimed that he is under constitutional protection by way of Indemnity Ordinance and Awami League government illegally repealed this law without two third majority in the Parliament. I briefly addressed the pertaining legal and constitutional issues in my earlier note. But here I just add for your information that after repeal of the Indemnity Ordinance in the parliament, there were a number writ petitions in the in the High Court Division of Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the repeal of indemnity law. Both the High Court Division and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court examined the legality of such legislative act and finally observed that parliament did not violate the constitution by repealing such a black law. The highest courts also observed that there was no constitutional protection for the killers of 15th August.
Now I come to the trial of the case. A large number of witnesses were examined and cross examined in this case. In a criminal case it is really a difficult job to convict an accused, as the leading principle in criminal law is that "crime must be proved beyond any reasonable shadow of doubt." Hence in this case some of the real criminals got acquitted as their crimes could not be proved beyond any reasonable shadow of doubt due to some obscurity of the evidences. Because it is really tough to prove a crime. The benefit of doubt is always in favour of the accused. On the other hand, the burden of proof lies on the prosecution side. That is to say, the accused don’t need to disprove his guilt, rather the prosecution (i.e., state) has to establish that none but the accused committed the crime. But the accuseds who got punishments- I must say their crimes were proved beyond all doubts. Even if the trial court is biased (some people might think that a political government was in power at that time) there are two appellate courts who thoroughly examine the case before final execution. There are ample opportunities for the accused who are really innocent. As a law student I tell you honestly; in the adversarial legal system like Bangladesh it is really a tough job for the court to convict an accused unlike the inquisitorial system where the courts play a dominant role in exploring the truth. You might know that some of the accuseds who got conviction in the trial court (Court of Sessions) got acquittal in the High Court Division of Supreme Court. But Mohiuddin's punishment was confirmed by High Court after thorough examination. So there is no scope that Mohiuddin is victimised within the process of law.
Still Mohiuddin has the chance to fight his case in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court if he thinks to be innocent. I know he will not go back voluntarily as he knows that he will not be able to disprove (already proved from the witnesses) his involvement in the killings. It is also unfortunate that this case was unofficially stopped in the Appellate Division for about five years during the reign of Khaleda Zia. At that time the state did not take any measure to complete the trial of the case and thereby delayed the punishment of the killings. Ideologically I would say it was not mere killing/murder, as ample elements of crime against humanity and mutiny were involved. It is a crime against humanity because a large number of people including children and women were killed at the same time by an organised group. Mutiny because most of them were military personnel and they violated the military law as well as law of the land to change the government by killing the president of the country. Such act amounts to “waging war against the state” (popularly known as mutiny) in our Penal Code. The 13 freedom fighter officers in Bangladesh Army were executed in 1981 not for killing General Ziaur Rahman, but for mutiny.
Thanks
Salim Mahmud
Assistant Professor
Department of Law
University of Dhaka
and
Doctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy
University of Dundee
Scotland, UK
Email: mahmud.salim@gmail.com
Justice should prevail and Mohiuddin should be punished for his heinous deed. If he thought to be innocent he had golden opportunity to try to prove it during BNP's tenure when the case went to appellate division and he had all his friends and favoured regime to clear himself. He never did it as he was very much sure that he was guilty. However, this coward was still in euphoria that BNP regime will be in power for long enough for him to die a normal death as fugitive but not by hanging. This disgraced ex-army and his family never before denied his involvement throughout last ten years since the case surfaced but suddenly we listen thier outcry with the change of scenerio. Such a poor freak!!! He knows very well that he does not stand any chance to prove himself innocent. The case against him is very concrete and real. Now lets see how long US authority can save this rotten soul from hanging. The nation should be very happy to dig his grave adjacent to public toilet in Dhaka New Market. His soul should not be given to rest in peace.
rgds
Capt.Hasnat
this is my first visit in this blog. i guess all bangali pplz should know abt this blog. plz do preserve all ur writtings and comments for future publication. not only mr. sajeeb, i guess we , the readers should also preserve it so that in futuer mr. sajeeb cant deny his current thinking, commitment and wishes to serve the mass pplz. as we know, politicians cant keep their promises. lets see, what our sajeeb will do after directly getting involved in politics.
keep it up !!
Shakespeare said- Cowards die a thousand deaths, valiants only once!
Mohiuddion proved himself a coward on 15 August 1975 by killing a ten year old boy, a pregnant woman, the baby in her womb, a newly married woman, a woman of his mother's age and many more! He proved himself a coward by taking the shield of shameful indemnity ordinance, by being fed on taxpayers money, by enjoying diplomatic priviledge and immunities, by providing his children education allowance to study aborad from the government fund! When AL came to power, this coward fled from his place of diplomatic posting to USA on a visit visa. While the trial was on he did not even face it to defend himself! He has been absconding for the last ten or eleven years like a coward chor! Now he and his family are saying that he was not even at the scene when the murders were committed (they just remembered it in March 2007)!!
Only a few days back we saw that even the criminals like Bangla bhai and Abdur Rahman walked on the gallows with aparent bravery! Coward Mohiuddin does not have the guts that even Bangla Bhai and Abdur Rahman had!
Mohiuddin is dying his thousand deaths in his loathesome lifetime before his actual death! Let this creature die everyday he lives.
Dear Mr. Joy,
I do not know how your mother and other living members of your family spent 32 years without seeing justice being served for the brutal killing of your dear ones! I was only five in 1975, even I can recall the moments, the shock and pain (which I could not understand but could feel)when I, along with my family, heard the news of the murder of the President in radio that morning. Since then, as I grew up, I always hoped that those murderers would be punished. This was painful even as a common citizen of the country like me, who do not have any relation with the family members of the victics, or the political party!
I thank your family for enduring the pain for so long.. my heart goes out to your mother and aunt who had to wait decades after decades for justice! I also thank the millions of supporters of the Awami League for their patience... after all, none of the murderers were murdered, attacked or even beaten up as victims of any act of revenge. Some of them, including Khondoker Mostaque, unfortunately, had natural deaths, before being tried and executed!
May Allah give you the strengh to fight for justice. We are with you.
Best regards,
Shehnya.
Dear Salim Mahmud,
I submit to your superior knowledge on the legal question of a retrial. I was merely seeking closure and destruction of their unfairness argument. As a lay argument however, since under the emergency powers the constitution has been, in all respect made redundant, is there not the scope to hold a retrial? Argument for you
constitutional lawyers, I suppose.
It is pretty much clear though that Mohiuddin has not declared his innocence prior to his recent arrest in the US. The fact that he was "indemnified" is an indictment to his guilt, don't you think?
On a side note to your earlier posting re. US respect for the rule of law, you said:
"I believe that the US government has utmost faith on rule of law - a system for which the US judiciary and the founding fathers of USA had immense contribution."
I find this highly bemusing given the roughshod the current US government has ridden over national and international law and established human rights conventions. Some examples of US's utmost respect for the law includes, detentions without trial, torture, extraordinarily renditions, secret military tribunals, secret jails,..
Like the killings of 15 August 1975 was a tragic and shameful chapter in Bangladesh's history, so soon after liberation. US too will see this chapter of their history with shameful regret someday.
Regards
BBB
to,
The British Bangali Blogger,
i have been tracking your comments lately. You seem to be one of the ................
Only the NAZAYAZ RAJAKARER ZAROZ SHONTANS legalize the killing of BANGABANDHU .
BANGABANDHU gave birth to BANGLADESH and it is not the other way around.
Last time you were praising that failed state PAKISTAN responsible for the 1971 genocide and Musharraf , responsible for the brutal killings of 6000 indian soldiers in the KARGILL war(instigated due to PAKI intrusion into the indian territories of KARGILL).
Not only that PAKISTAN patronises hate crimes in INDIA and BANGLADESH through different fake religious groups like JAMAAT, TABLIGHE JAMAAT .I cant simply understnad how could these people be so audacious????
Others,just go to any INDIAN message board(eg of times of india and rediff). You would see the PAKIS /JAMAATI offsprings preaching hate crimes under the banner of MUSLIMS/BANGLADESHIES.Why would we take the responsiblities of dirty actions by PAKIS/ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRINGS OF WARCRIMINALS
Others do note that all his posts were against AL or freedom fighters. Watch your tongue BBB . Bangabandhu was neither a tyrant nor an autocratic leader.
Bangabandhu banned the activities of JAMAAAT which was 100000% legal.
Jamaaatis are not human beings. They are DUSHT pigs.
I now know who you are. YOU can do some research. MOHIUDDIN gave an interview to BBC in 1976 where he himself confessed about BANGABANDHU's murder.
RAB killed 1000s of men (including 7 10year olds during the rajakari misrule) . Yet we dont hear any outcries from the human rights organizations.
On the other hand Rokkhi Bahini carried out its crusade against the RAJAKARS and the conspirators. STill lot of people refuted their activities.
BNP-JAMAAT's corruption exceeded all heaps and bounds. Yet some opportunists compare them to AL (whose 90% members are very honest).
Tareque stole 3 billion dollars while Khaleda was in power. I am hearing rumours that CONSPIRATORS are planning to send him abroad in the name of better treatment. He would have to repay every penny stolen during the BNP misrule. Otherwise he should be punished.
On the other hand a betrayer like Younus is also praised by some. He syphoned billions out of bangladesh and has promised to sell all our natural resources and port if voted to power!!!!!!!!
Bangabandhu's contribution to politics and Humanity is only exceeeded by MAHATMA GANDHI . PAKI and Foreign conspirators did manage to kill them only to make them immortal in the hearts of the people throughout the world.
You BBB,
Watch your tongue otherwise it would be plucked out. I have seen the fate of 40 000 hindu women raped by the N****** RAJAKARS after 2001. Yes , AL members are very generous but at times they are QAHAR.
I’m not so sure about the reason behind such a brutal act; whether was it just a misdeed of few army men or it was well-planned regicide to uproot a political ideology; I’m sure, most of you agree with the later one. If the killing of Bongobondhu was a pre-planned movement, then there must be a grandmaster who really had plotted these all and acted behind the scene. Who was/were he/they? This is the question that is still to be answered, still to be investigated before those killers are hanged for murder. There are so many conspiracy theories available around us regarding this; involvement of few agencies, mysterious reflex of few AL leaders of then, involvement of top army personnel etc. etc. Ironically, only those killers of Bongobondhu can tell us the true story about this most hated assassination of the century. Who really had ordered them to take such a move? Who had given them the directions? Among the gangue, who took initiative to form the group of killers and how did he get the idea? What benefits did they get out of this killing? Is it that becoming an Ambassador or Govt. personnel was their sole intention at that time? I think it’s more logical if I put it in this way; they were a gangue, hired to perform a task for some unknowns who assured to protect them from any type of post-killing trial.
However, though the whole trial was done during the tenure of Sheikh Hasina, we didn’t see any blatant step to really unearth the true reason behind the killing of Sheikh Mujib. Rather, the Govt. was more interested in those who just carried out the order. I think Mujib-family and AL leaders should raise their voice and request current CG to find out those accomplices and the grandmaster both. A polite query, do AL leaders really want the true justice of Bongobondhu-killing? I’m quite skeptic on it…you know, there goes a banlga proverb: Gaach (tree) Katley Gaaee Porey…May God Keep Sheikh Mujib in peace!
15th August is without doubt the biggest tragedy this nation has faced and I think every Bangali feels in his/her heart that such a tragedy requires justice. No matter what political affinity he/she has and no matter what background he/she comes from. And as long as one the murderer Mohiuddin Ahmed is hiding his coward self in the USA justice cannot be served. His son's desperate attempt to manipulate history makes his guilt even more clear.
Dear BBB,
The state of emergency has nothing to do with the retrial of a case dispensed with under the Penal Code. State of Emergency have only suspended some of the fundamental rights (mainly civil and political rights) enshrined in part two of our constitution. The proposal for a retrial of a case already approved by the High Court Division and pending before the Appellate Division involve the substantive legal and constitutional questions. The government, even the legislature has got nothing to do with this. We have to abrogate our two hundred years old Anglo-Saxon legal system to accommodate such a retrial.
Now I attach a pertinent question. Did we, in Bangladesh, raise the issue of retrial for any other person before? Opportunity of retrial for whom? Chance of retrial for those criminals who had killed the greatest son of the soul? Who had killed the babies in the mothers’ womb and children like Russell and Shukanto and who thereafter had eaten the creams of an independent state by procuring diplomatic assignments in its foreign missions for about twenty one years?
Regarding my comments on US stance for rule of law, I would say that I had used similar wordings in some of my letters to some dignitaries in the USA pertaining to Mohiuddin issue. Though I don’t have good connections in the USA as I am in UK for some years, I collected some emails and fax details from the internet. It is true that in the post 9/11 world there is a shift of US government policy towards its traditional approach on human rights; but I must say, that is concentrated only to the extent of its war against terrorism. But this is all about the contemporary US government policy which is obviously distinct from the US legal system and its foundation of rule of law. Obviously the USA can be proud of its judiciary for propounding the principle of judicial review in the case of Murbury v Maddison back in 1803. Obviously the US justice system will not deviate from the pronouncement of Justice Marshall. Mohiuddin’s issue is now the prerogative of the US judiciary where the government cannot play any direct role. If you look on the verdict of the US court that dismissed Mohiuddin’s appeal, you would see that the US court demonstrated its respect to the verdict of Bangladeshi court on Bangabandhu murder case and its commitment towards rule of law.
Regards
Salim Mahmud
Department of Law
University of Dhaka
and
Research Fellow
Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy
University of Dundee
Scotland, UK
Email: mahmud.salim@gmail.com
I apologise for a minor typing error. In 2nd para of my note please read "greatest son of the soil" It will be "soil", not "soul"
Thanks
Salim Mahmud
I liked this commentary of Mahfuz Anam in today's Daily Star. Please have a look
http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/04/06/d7040601033.htm
Thanks
Salim Mahmud
Would you like to comment on the 18 months timeframe?
Swagato
One important thing to note:-
BANGLA BHAI used to term TAREQUE as MAMA . I believe if he is interrogated by FBI/RCMP then the culprits behind august 21 could be caught no doubt.
Times of India also reported that TAREQUE had ties with AL-QAEDA and DAUD IBRAHIM
http://bhorerkagoj.net/online/news.php?id=3706&sys=3
i still believe TAREQUE would be punished for his hennous crimes
However ,the most depressing thing is , CG has not still made any attempt to recover his embezzled 35 billion dollars . We all know about 420 suitcases that accompanied him on his way to Saudi Arabia.
That 35 b $ could all be kept in govt's reserve /could be utilized for rebuilding the country
MAYOR KAMRAN---a victim of political agression???
this is off-topic but it was extremely saddening to see that the mayor was sent to jail based on FALSE graft case by the BNP-JAMAAT govt.
Why would 17 members allocate a land to a ward commissioner for only taka 23 lakhs???? Why would a mayor risk his career for only taka 2 lakh???????????????
CG must ignore all the graft cases levied on AL members during the BNP_JAMAAT regime as all of them were lanced with evil intents.
http://jugantor.com/online/news.php?id=57682&sys=3
i feel really sad for an innocent man like KAMRAN. same goes to MOHIUDDIN --a casualty of political vengeance.
On the other hand NIZAMI ,SYEDI , MUZAHIDS (who embezzled billions from GOVT reserves ) are enjoying full freedom and would remain unscathed during this reign of the CG.
Dear Sajeeb ,
I believe you should intervene into matters like these. You should give an official statement to our newspapers regarding these unwanted events.
This is certainly unacceptable. Yes the govt can arrest the corrupters but why would innocent men like Obaidul Qader and Kamran be harassed based on false cases/charges levied onto them during the BNP-JAMAAT regime.
CG should both think and act logically and avoid any controversial measures.
I just read the Death Reference of 15 August murder case, and I can't tell you how sad and angry I am after reading the description of the murders!
Joy, thank you for your latest blog. But tell me honestly what the expatriate Awami Leaguers are doing in this regard? I think the AL should take the following actions:
1. AL leaders and activists in each of the European countries should request these countries not to give shelter to Mohiuddion. They should also inform these countries about the truth.
You must see how Mohiuddin and his associates/ family are spreading lies about the case to stop his deportation. (see freedin.org)
2. AL leaders, supporters, and all who want justice, should arrange ralleys, peaceful demonostrations etc across USA demanding Mohiuddin's deportation.
3. There should be a seperate platform to fight for this issue. All the people who want to see the murderers face justice, should be able to communicate with each other, share their ideas and plans to work unitedly. They would write to all the the officials of the state department, to all the congressmen, politicians, thinktanks, newpapers in USA. Another group should be active in Europe. They should write to the European Parliament, All the MEPs, all the foreign offices of Europe, all the newspapers. One has to keep in mind that if Mohiuddin is kicked out of USA, it is the European counties that he would seek asylum to. (If not his Middle Eastern friends). Therefore, it is important to let the European countries know that if Mohiuddion is given asylum in their country, that would have negative impact on the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and that country.
A concerted effort is needed now. We will work the way Amnesty International does. We must bombard the people who matters with our letters, emails and faxes so that they understand how eagerly a nation is waiting for justice for the last 32 years!
Dear Friends,
Twenty one months (eighteen plus three months) time is too much for electoral reforms. But I personally believe that the authorities that played the decisive role in 11 January change will ultimately decide when the election will be held. But it will ultimately depend on their targeted economic and mainly sectoral reforms in Bangladesh in line with the Bretton Woods institutions (World Bank and IMF) and other multilateral/regional/donor agencies’ suggestions. The multilateral agencies in the last 15 years gave many suggestions to Bangladesh to liberalise the economy by opening the crucial governmental sectors (including energy, ports, communication, major utility enterprises etc) to the foreign players/investors. But the political governments in the last 15 years could not afford to bring about such reforms as per their satisfaction. Whenever a political government did something at their suggestion the government kept some mechanism in the regulatory framework so that it can ultimately retain a control in the name of regulation. But the World Bank and its allies want a pure deregulation meant to be devoid of effective government control and open to all players – private/public/domestic/foreign- on a level playing field. But this sort of task is really tough for a political government so far as our experience is concerned in many developing countries and the economies in transition including the CIS countries. But the reality is that these countries could not get rid of this imposed obligation. Even the situation in India at the moment is changing dramatically in the reign of UPA government which was mainly an alliance of Congress and others with the left parties on some common minimum programmes. India that has been historically known as the most protectionist economy in the South Asian region is now shifting towards a moderately pro-market economy based on the Washington Consensus (i.e., the consensus that market would play the decisive role in the economy). The present administration in Bangladesh whose chief executive happens to be a former WB official is committed to the WB and its allies to complete the tasks of reforms. Who will be happier than World Bank and ADB when there is a fuel price hike recently at their advice and there is no protest and even no criticism in public.
My personal view is that the authorities who are having the ultimate control in Bangladesh at the moment will wait for the completion of their reforms. Among these three authorities one is from South Asia and the other two from northern hemisphere. I think these three forces will come to the scene again and will ask the interim government to hold election when the major tasks will be done from their reforms agenda.
I pragmatically believe that Bangladesh cannot and even should not deviate from the global economic trend and ultimately the country will be benefited provided we can have a transparent regulatory framework and system of good governance. In the given situation, it would be rather a chance for the political parties to get the reforms done by a non-political government as the political parties always face dilemmas and political challenges while attempting to go for such reforms.
But now my concerns are elsewhere. There are provocations to the armed forces from certain specific quarters to hold back the power and to form a political party. We all more or less know the political history of Bangladesh and the region. It is always the extreme rightist and opportunist groups who indulged extra-constitutional rule in the subcontinent. General Aiyub’s beneficiaries’ descendants advised and joined General Zia’s extra constitutional rule. Again most of the BNP’s immoral and corrupt politicians overnight joined Gen Ershad’s military administration. Mr Moudud (who was a cabinet member of Zia / Sattar’s cabinet) went to Bangabhaban to take oath as a cabinet member directly from the jail while he was sentenced to 7/8 years imprisonment for corruption and Gen Ershad cancelled Moudud’s punishment when joined his party from the jail. If you look at the background of most of the original Jatiyo Party leaders, you will see that they are mainly from BNP and other extremely rightist parties.
People in Bangladesh, more or less, were happy while the present administration started taking actions against the corrupt politicians mainly the BNP leaders who made millions of dollars in the last five years. The arrest of Tareq and his detention was a radical action, I must say. General Moin became very popular when, after these successes, he started speaking on some very important issues like Father of the Nation, the true history of our liberation struggle and the issue of the trial of the war criminals in 1971. Most of the people were happy and welcomed his positive role. I assume that behind all these issues there was a role from the civil society and leading intellectuals of the country including Dr Kamal Hossain.
But now I observe with grave concern that a very notorious and greedy rightist quarter have come to the show by the so-called Bangladesh Political Science Association. They organised a seminar recently in Dhaka where they brought President Iajuddin (their own man) and the Army Chief General Moin. The seminar papers read out there in front of the dignitaries including the President were just cruel jokes on the constitutional rule and democracy of Bangladesh. Prof Ataur Rahman shamelessly provoked General Moin in his paper to take the leadership and to formulate a special governance mechanism in Bangladesh and opined that they are ready to be a part of the process. His whole paper was posted for sometimes in Naimul Islam Khan’s Daily Amader Shomoy. I had read his whole paper there. I know how much it is painful for the “Dr Ambedkars” (the architects of the constitution) of Bangladesh and the people who believe in democracy, when such papers were read out in front of the President of the country and members of the civil society. We know the background and past activities of Mr Ataur Rahman and Mr Emajuddin. I am concerned that they are endlessly trying to convince the Generals (who are apparently now in the show) to hold back the power so as to form a third post-coup beneficiary political party and a beneficiary group in the history of Bangladesh. This recent development is very alarming.
Here I want to refer one interesting story. Just one day before the arrest of Tareq Zia Naimul Islam Khan, Editor of Amader Shomoy wrote a big commentary praising the leadership of Tareq Zia and tried to emphasise that a leadership like Tareq was necessary for the future of Bangladesh. When Tareq was arrested he made a U-turn and without any shame started provocation directly to the armed forces to follow their own course and opined that the theories of Political Science would be rewritten to accommodate their actions. Yesterday he advised the two former prime ministers of Bangladesh –Sheikh Hasina and Khadeda Zia- to retire from politics. I curiously observed reports of his daily Amader Shomoy from last BNP government. My clear assumption is that he is a direct beneficiary of Hawa Bhaban as in most of his reports he tried to positively highlight Tareq Zia and Hawa Bhaban. And he tried to continue this till the last day of the arrest of Tareq Zia. The irony is that Bangladesh always encounters these sorts of shameless greedy people in the turning point of its history.
Thanks
Salim Mahmud
Email: mahmud.salim@gmail.com
When it is time to face the consequences of a coup, you can clearly see the differenc between a revolutionary (who fight for an ideal) and dacoits (who operate in the dark for stealing posessions of others).
The revlolutionaries have brave hearts, they face the consequences with courage. They live like lions and die like lions.
The dacoits and thiefs are cowards. They work in the dark, hides in the dark and lies when they are put to face the world.
Have you seen what the cockroaches do after you put the light off before going to bed? They come out of their hiding place to taste your left overs on the table. The moment you turn the lights on and throw your sandals on them they hide behind the cupboard.
Mohiuddin, coward, live as many days as you can hinding like a cockroach. Your family's statements at freedin.org only make me sick. All your family members are cowards and liars like yourself. After all a coward can produce only cowards.
Rasha
Now your mother has a extortion case against her. How do you respond to that?
Dear Joy,
For the sake of our country and people please prevent Sheikh Hasina's return to bangladesh at this moment. Rather she should stay in US and work against the new tyrant. I am pretty sure they will arrest her at the airport.
First of all, apologies to many respected posters and Sajeeb for what follows. I have been posting on this blog from the beginning and have learned a lot from many highly articulate, objective and some sycophantic people, who love Bangladesh in their own way. Over the many posts, no one has made threats or used vile language against another poster as Moreshed has. Hence, I fail to restrain myself from replying to him. I hope you will forgive me in advance.
morshed said...
"to,
The British Bangali Blogger,
i have been tracking your comments lately. You seem to be one of the .. Only the NAZAYAZ RAJAKARER ZAROZ SHONTANS legalize the killing of BANGABANDHU"
OOOOH no you are scaring me.
Oops! I just peed in my pants!
And he said:
"You BBB,
Watch your tongue otherwise it would be plucked out"
The only thing you are likely to pluck are unmentionable in polite company and hidden in my pants, you lick spittle of a man.
I read your post a while a go and tried not to lower my self to the gutter you have clearly crept up from. Making threats in full protection of internet anonymity. You should be ashamed of such thuggery. You abundantly illustrate everything wrong with Bangladesh politics.
You cannot tolerate criticism, even when its constructive and objective. Its fascists thugs like You that give the country and politics a bad name. Your leaders may like your tongue polishing of their asses but those who love Bangladesh will and should have disdain for your blind idolatry of party and leaders. You accuse anyone, who says anything good about Islam or Muslim to be a Jamaati /Razakar or even worse, yet your praise of 6000 Hindu warriors died in Kargil in occupation of Kashmir and pro Indian agenda is ashamedly candid. You obviously care more about Indian soldiers than their own politicians, who made millions in the Kargil Coffin scandal. I don't give sh*t about Indian occupiers of another country, Kashmir. I recall Bangladesh, once had a similar fate. Lest You forget, we too fought to be free of a larger power. Kashmiris should be able to decide their own fate. They have right to resist as Bangladeshi's in 1971. Or is not what is, good for the goose not good for the gander? You hypocrite!
You accuse me of supporting a failing state like Pakistan.
It is a sad fact that Pakistan like many other countries, including India have a higher GDP than us. It is also a fact, not because our people are any less intelligent or less hard-working but because we have corrupt and unpatriotic politicians who would rather buy a condo in Miami or Mansion in London than invest in their own country or work for their people. If toadies like You have anything to do with it nothing will change. You would rather have corrupt leaders in power as long as they are from your party and support your agenda – at Bangladesh's expense.
I am on record (on this blog), to have the utmost, respect, admiration for Bhongobhondu, by his courage and leadership, we have a country and are able to speak Bangla instead of Urdu. As a respect to our freedom struggle, I purposely never speak Urdu. I did not call him a tryant, You have misquoted me. I was paraphrasing the defenders of Mohiuddin. I was merely stating what they are saying about the fact the BAKSAL was an autocratic party, with no recourse democratic means to dislodge Bhongobondu from power and the only option was to kill him. I believe, this is the line Mohiuddin's son is taking. You, should have let your brain do the thinking and not your tongue as ever.
Morshed says:
“Others do note that all his posts were against AL or freedom fighters. Watch your tongue BBB .”
To illustrate my point, I refer You back one of my many previous posts. If you, as you say have been watching me, then surely You must have seen my post below on the Liberation War:
British Bangali Blogger said... - from Martial Law
“I am feeling very emotional today. Today is a very special and happy day in Bangladesh's tumultuous and painful history. Today we rejoice in the success our Tigers in the cricketing arena, and with a tinge of sadness as we celebrate 36 years of “freedom”, we remember our martyrs. The country stands at the crossroad of destiny – the right choice can lead to success and the wrong to ruin and no return. People of Bangladesh, with pain and sadness are remembering the selfless sacrifices of our glorious martyrs and honour of our mother and sisters, with whose blood the creation of Bangladesh has been lubricated. Countless of our mothers and father have lost, sons, daughters in the name of this dream called Bangladesh. Was it all in vain?”
From what in my above post did you deduce that I am a razakar or disrespectful to the freedom fighters? Unlike You, I did not make distinction between Hindus and Muslims. I referred to them as “our mothers and fathers”. You are a evidently communal evil person, hiding under the cover of secularism and AL.
Or does a patriot preclude being Muslim and critical of AL and must profess undying support for your motherland India? Unless you are a complete moron, You cannot deduce from my past posts that I am razakar, yet this is exactly what you have accused me of, right?
Oh no, Bonghbhondu, according to you is so great but not greater than the Mahatma Ghandi. Of course he can't be, Ghandi was an Indian. It is clear, that your love for Bongobhondu only extend so far.
Yet like the Israelis, who call anyone critical of Israel anti-Semitic, you label anyone critical of AL and India of course a razakar. I suppose when you are on your fours licking asses of leaders you have a very limited view of the world. Get up, off your knees man and then you may be able to appreciate other views.
Unlike You, I have no loyalty to any political parties or leaders. My loyalty in this respect is to my motherland and anyone who is able help build, serve Bangladesh and its people will have my support, prayers and gratitude. You keep on batting for India. The same India, who is willing to shut of the water, which will result in sever drought, resulting in millions of deaths over time from crop failure. It is also a fact that Indian BSF commit atrocities, daily against our people, kidnap, murder and loot our land. Indeed, I read only today they killed another Bangladeshi woman, who happened to be Hindu and another man today. I believe they have killed over 500 innocent unarmed civilians over the last few years. Yes, again I do not give a two sh**s for Indian soldiers dying in Kargil, it seems neither did their politicians.
Morshed said:
“I have seen the fate of 40 000 hindu women raped by the N****** RAJAKARS after 2001”
Yeah, really - so what the f*c* were you doing while these (“hindu”) women of whatever religion were being raped, plucking the razakars p*b*s? You are a despicable liar. If you had any decency You would have intervened. I suppose You did not have the internet to give You anonymity.
By the way, you and whose f****** army is going to pluck my tongue?
Apologies again to the respected readers.
BBB
To Wasim
Why you are asking Joy to stop hasina for returning home?
I think she should return to BD as early as she can and fight against the bloody TAJUL ISLAM.
Otherwise people would feel shame to her.
Sushanta
to BBB,
Yeah, really - so what the f*c* were you doing while these (“hindu”) women of whatever religion were being raped, plucking the razakars p*b*s? You are a despicable liar. If you had any decency You would have intervened. I suppose You did not have the internet to give You anonymity.
ofcourse not.......everybody knows about the fate of those minorities.
Nothing was done because the RAJAKARS were in power. Now they are gone forever. Ofcourse something would be done in the future.
Raajakars cannot escape their fate this time. I myself suffered for 3 years during the RAJAKARI misrule. Watch your tongue.
Pakistan is a failed country and a land of dogs and extremists. Pakistan has nothing . It is a void basket. We would seek international cooperation and destroy Pakis.
Others note that whenever you say something bad about that failed state PAKISTAN these people get offended.
DAUD IBRAHIM alone has killed over 10000 indians in the past. Afghan Muzahidins spare none, not even the shaikhs of mosque.
Islam and Jamaat dont go together. For Rajakars and jamaatis there is always jahannam.
All religions are same and all people have equal priorities .
Jamaatis shouldnt talk about religion. Their only destination is Hellfire.
Those sick extremists even claim that they did the right thing back in 2001 and 1971.
they tease minorities by saying "HINDU MANE BINDU"
AS FOR YOUR QUERY,
There is no respite. Jamaatis /rajakars killed over 26000 al members after 2001.
over 40 000 hindu women were raped. One of these ill-fated happened to be the sister of my Math-teacher.
I couldnt do anything cause the CULPRITS WERE IN POWER.But i would do something in the future.
Revenge would be sought!!!!
There are thousands like me just waiting for the right time to seek revenge.
JAMAATIS are the worst of all god's creations.
to BBB,
shut up.
BANGABANDHU was a great leader no doubt but he cannot be compared to MAHATMA GANDHI.
GNADHI's contributions to society is rivalled by only the great prophets. His contribution to politics is unparalleled and cannot be matched by anyone.
to BBB,
We dont want to hear about that failed terror state named Pakistan. The pakistanis are responsible for the 1971 massacre and such an event can neither be forgiven nor forgotten.
Bangladesh obtained liberation with the help of India. In 1971 India also lost thousands of its soldiers alongside 3 million bangladeshi martyrs.
To MORSHED ,
you are definitely correct. The Rajakars and the Pakis do not even regret over their shameful deeds .
As for the post 2001 carnage,
i personally used to know this guy named T***** from NILPHAMARI. He was burned alive infront of his mother by the members of ISLAMI CHATTRO SHIBIR just 3 days after the 2001 elections.
Not only that while they were doing this they were proclaiming
"""" Malauner Baccha...Shonshane Jaiye NoukAY bhot de giye"""""
The DC of Rangpur knew of this event but unfortunately he was powerless against the JAMAAT backed wing members.
To BBB,
i personally used to know a 12 year Hindu girl who was raped 2 days after the election by 11 ....i repeat 11 jamaati cadres.
They termed this process as
" Allahr name Qurbani".
11 members of a hindu family were gangraped in KHULNA just after the 2001 elections.
We all are liberal muslims but we hate the Jamaatis. I would not go to such depths as MORSHED but yes AL members and religious minorities were severely tortured during the BNP-JAMAAT misrule.
Ofcourse Indians are way better than Pakistanis . Pakis are neither muslims nor humans so are jamaatis.
to BBB,
90% of all AL members are honest and innocent. Dont compare AL with BNP.
Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina are not the same.
After the arrest of chaos everyone remianed tightlipped cause he was a culprit just like his mother.
But a false case against Sheikh Hasina by TAJUL( another jamaati from HABIGANJ) has caused unrelenting commotion.
Sheikh Hasina was never involved in corruption and remained 100% honest throughout AL regime.Same goes to KAMRAN and Obaidul Qader (victims of political agression).
Just to let others know,
This Tajul obtained the contract of barge mountain through some secretaries . He founded one indenting farm in 2000 along with some fellow camouflaged jamaatis (one of those members was a professor of CU/SU).
These people have hidden their identities for years before the JAMAATIS finally managed to seize power through 2001 elections.
To BBB,
the atrocities after 2001 against AL members and religious minorities exceeded all bounds. All of us who were in Bangladesh are well aware of that!!!!so there is no point bragging.
havent you even watched the videos which were released by AL. What did you see then?????
Others,
dont worry. No one can do anything to Hasina Apa. Allah is with her along with all the patriots and freedom fighters of 71. Conspirators would be made to flee Bangladesh
"mridul islam said...
to BBB,
shut up."
mridul,
you are so predictable. If I am not mistaken, you sound like a lickspittle image of Morshed. Your post have so much in common and so little in substance, you could in fact be the same person. All you can say is "shut up BB" "shut up BBB" and Morshed wants to "pluck" my tongue.
Whats more interesting is that you make wild claims, which you fail to substantiate. You made claims about Yunus, when challenged by other bloggers you failed to back up your claim. According to you Yunis is a Jaamat/BNP conspiracy to oust AL.
Everything is a conspiracy to you.
If you do not have anything good to say, its best not to say anything.
BBB
Here Morshed
This is what your friendly, hero Indian soldiers do to occupied Kashmiri Muslim civilians.
Unlike your dubious unproven sources, this is from today's Reuters. Human rights organisations have reported systemic rape and torture of Muslim Kashmiri women by 700000+ you beloved Indian jawans.
" SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Indian authorities in Kashmir charged five soldiers and five policemen on Thursday with killing a Muslim cleric in a staged gun battle and passing him off as a separatist militant, police said.
Security forces in the troubled Himalayan region have been accused of shooting civilians in staged gun battles to earn rewards and promotions for killing militants."
BBB
BBB and Morshed,
Can you please give your email addresses at your blogs so that you can exchange your venoms though email, privately?
I am tired of your constant fight over this website. Joy, please don't publish their comments here if they don't stop attacking each other.
Thank you.
Pauline
Hi Joy
Probably u would recognize me. I am your Enayet Mama's (Jubo league's enayet Kabir)sister living in Toronto, Canada. We support u by all means regarding the deportation of Killer Mohiuddin ahmad, though he is trying to exploit the humanitarian mind of Canadians. We already emailed and called the immigration minister and our local MP and convey our concern and the real facts about Killer Mohiuddin. By all means we have to be successfull. Joy Bangla and we are with you..
Nahid kabir (kakoly) , Toronto, Canada.
nahid.kabir@rbc.com
nahidkabir@hotmail.com
After reading topics from Mohiuddin and his family in www.freedin.org, it seems that Mohiuddin is our father of the nation and is a hero who saved our nation from communist man, pregnant women and child. What an irony!!!! So, we need to write our history book newly!
These people are crying in USA/CANADA to get mercy from their sympathetic government and escape from responsibility in a murder case.
In that web site some people said that this murder was necessary to bring democracy. After sheikh mujib what kind of democracy khondokar mustak brought and how many months it last? For how many years we had got an acceptable election? USA/CANADA administration should know that after Mujib Islamic fundamentalists were given special benefits.
In that web site there are lots of topics about hating mujib. So this hatred instigated him to kill mujib. When that event was about to occur he could have told this privately to mujib or commander in chief shafiullah. But he didn’t. Now all his behaviour is like childish, coward and escaping mentality.
After becoming diplomat Mohiuddin had become polite, gentle or amicable person. But it does not mean that he will get rid of the responsibility of a brutal murder.
Mohiuddin had been serving as diplomat for Bangladesh for 20 years. It is a political payback that is given by other parties, not by Awami League. As awami league was in power they might have taken advantage in trial, but Mohiuddin should have defend himself. If Awami League wanted to take revenge they could shoot these criminals and their pregnant women and children. Otherwise they could forward it to military court. In 1981, thirteen freedom fighters were hanged for not killing General Ziaur Rahman, but just for mutiny. Mohiuddin and other criminals did a huge mutiny.
Mujib’s rule might not last for many years. Automatically people or activist of Awami League would change that rule. But on the contrary Mohiuddin and other army officers took law in their hand after some months of creating Bakshal. Many of the army officers were not freedom fighters, they came from Pakistan after independence. They not only killed sheikh mujib, but also killed pregnant women and children which cannot be justified from any point of view.
Mohiuddin carried out the order of killing by much lower graded superiors then in 1975. Mujib might be a dictator, but the way some indisciplined army officers killed the family members of Mujib was brutal, unlawful and unacceptable. Mujib's along with his family members could have been detained and the democracy could have been recovered.
After killing sheikh mujib and his family people did not come on the street, because people did not know what was happening at that time. Everywhere there was military and false information was given to people. Now you can go to sheikh mujib’s house in Dhanmondi and see how many people visit the house everyday and become grief of the incidence.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is a person who struggled almost his whole life for the liberty of Bangladeshi people. After independence it was hard to rule a country where economy was destroyed, many people had arms in their hand. May be he had make mistake in his tiny 3 and half years rule, but for that you cannot wipe out his role in Liberation of Bangladesh from the history and kill him brutally. I can understand the meaning of independence when I talked to many people from Palestine and Kashmir. Bangladesh also could be a disputed land between India and Pakistan. Thanks God that we have got the independence.
Current government who is totally non-political has also understood the credit of Bangabandu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. They have declared sheikh mujib as father of the nation again and tried to bring the criminals of his murder to justice. This government has also hanged 6 top Islamic Fundamentalist leaders quickly.
Mr. Rouben, don’t forget that a nation must get priority before a single citizen. It is a matter of fact that your father Mr. Mahiuddin had killed the father of the whole nation. Don't you ever think there were thousands of other Army officers of Bangladesh who didn’t even get a post of a security guard in the foreign missions? Why were these stipulated army members chosen?? Think once, if not, then twice. Keep trying with conscience !!! Time is ticking... :) :)
I am not an activist of Awami League, but I like our father of the nation sheikh mujib. All the murderers (still some are hiding in Canada, Hong Kong etc) of man, women and child should be brought to justice. No mercy for them. US court has also said that a terrorist like Mohiuddin who has killed their father of the nation and his family cannot stay in USA.
Regards.
Dear Joy,
If this caretaker govt cannot continue and finish the case of our father of the nation, I think no political govt can proceed with the case. And You understand why? Now its the time to continue and finish the trial. Plz put this issue in front of all, specially by publishing in the media.
Also direct Human Right Watch to move with the case in international forum.....
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