Vow to cooperate with govt in war crimes trial

9 April 2010, 18:00 PM

Bss, Dhaka

A 'Gonochitra' titled 'Juddhyaparadhi- Sampradaik Apashakti Rukhe Darai' organised by Sammilita Sangskritik Jote was inaugurated at the central Shaheed Minar in the city yesterday.Photo: STAR

Writers, intellectuals and political and cultural leaders yesterday pledged to extend all-out cooperation to the government in holding the trial of the war criminals. They were addressing the inaugural function of a 'Gonochitra' titled 'Juddhyaparadhi- Sampradaik Apashakti Rukhe Darai' organised by Sammilita Sangskritik Jote at the central Shaheed Minar in the city demanding trial of the war criminals. Writer and journalist Faiz Ahmed, General Secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Mujahidul Islam Selim, President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) Hasanul Haque Inu, General Secretary of BSD Khalequazzaman Bhuiyan, former general secretary of Workers Party of Bangladesh Bimal Biswas and cultural personality Ramendu Majumder spoke at the function. Organising Secretary Hasan Arif moderated the function with Sammilita Sangskritik Jote President Nasiruddin Yusuf in the chair. Faiz Ahmed urged all political and socio-cultural organisations to demand trial of war criminals. "We have to work together for completing trial of war criminals properly," he added. Mujahidul Islam Selim said there is no place for war criminals on the soil of Bangladesh. The people of the country had played a vital role in War of Liberation in 1971, he said, adding that they also should come forward to try the war criminals. Nasiruddin Yusuf said the cultural activists are active workers of all socio-political struggles of the country. This 'Gonochitra' will create a mass awareness across the country for demanding trial of war criminals, he added. Inu called for continuous movement in the country until trial of war criminals is completed. Four noted artists Shishir Bhattachariya, Nisar Hossain, Sheikh Afsal and Md Maniruzzaman painted the 160-foot long 'Gonachiatra' to create mass awareness demanding trial of war criminals. The 'Gonachiatra Abhijatra' started from the Central Shaheed Minar and it paraded Palashi, Nilkhet, Science Laboratory, Satmasjid Road, Asad Gate, Mirpur Bangla College, Farmgate and Rampura Natun Bazar. It ended at the central Shaheed Minar. Hasan Arif said the Gonochitra will be projected across the country, including Dhaka city, from Pahela Baishakh.