July warriors to get immunity
Law Adviser Asif Nazrul stated yesterday that a draft of an indemnity ordinance will be presented at the next meeting of the Council of Advisers, aiming to grant immunity to those who participated in the July uprising.
“The July warriors freed the country from fascist rule by risking their lives. Of course, they have the right to immunity,” he wrote on his verified Facebook account.
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Asif Nazrul said there is also a need to enact a law granting them immunity for the preventive actions they carried out against the killers of the fascist regime of Sheikh Hasina during the uprising.
“Such laws are completely legal,” he said, adding that similar indemnity laws were enacted in different countries after the fall of unpopular governments during the Arab Spring or in other contemporary revolutions or mass uprisings.
The law adviser said Article 46 of the Constitution of Bangladesh allows such laws and noted that, in 1973, after the Liberation War, an immunity law was enacted for freedom fighters.
“In light of these precedents, the law ministry has prepared a draft of the indemnity ordinance. God willing, it will be placed for approval at the next meeting of the advisory council,” he said.
“It is our sacred duty to keep the July warriors safe,” the adviser added.
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