Materialise Nooruzzaman's dream for trial of war criminals
Prof Naila Zaman, daughter of Lt Col (retd) Quazi Nooruzzaman (Bir Uttam), speaks at a memorial meeting organised by Sector Commanders Forum at Liberation War Museum in the city yesterday.Photo: STAR
Speakers at a memorial meeting yesterday urged all to work for materialising Lt Col (retd) Quazi Nooruzzaman's (Bir Uttam) dreams of bringing the people who had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity to book. Nooruzzaman was a man who could not confine his life in Liberation War, he kept on putting pressure on the successive governments for brining the war criminals to justice, they said. Paying tribute to the memories of the freedom fighter, they said Nooruzzaman was a uncompromising freedom fighter throughout his life and his ideals and examples would inspire the young generation and help the country move forward with the spirit of the War of Liberation. Samaj Chinta Forum organised the meeting at Jatiya Press Club in the city. Nooruzzaman, a veteran of the Second World War, the commander of sector-7 in the war and one of the architects of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, passed away on May 6. "Many freedom fighters could not remain a freedom fighter at the end, but he [Nooruzzaman] was the person who was a freedom fighter throughout his life," said Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman, former chief adviser to a caretaker government. He said Nooruzzaman was a youth and a hopeful person in his entire life. "His courage to wage movement anew even at his last age amazed me," he said. There was a scarcity of good people in the country and Col Nooruzzaman was one of them, said veteran language hero Abdul Matin, urging all to be good for making a beautiful Bangladesh for which lakhs of Bangalees fought and sacrificed their lives. Veteran journalist ABM Musa said the young generation will have to carry out the responsibility given by the freedom fighters and sector commanders. Awami League Advisory Council Member Tofail Ahmed said Nooruzzaman was a man of principles and he always had done what he believed. "He [Nooruzzaman] never bowed down before injustice," he said, adding that the warrior could not see his dream, which is trial of the people involved with war crimes, materialised. "Let's fulfil his dream," he added. The trail of war criminals will have to be done during the regime of this government, he said, adding that otherwise they have to be responsible to the people. Nooruzzaman's wife Dr Sultana Zaman, daughter Prof Naila Zaman, Human Rights Commission Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman, among others, were present.
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