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 "Oh Allah … what Shamim Osman has done … the day before his [Nazrul] abduction, he met Shamim Osman and pleaded to bhai [Shamim] to protect him, saying he would go to the court the next day."
SELINA ISLAM
Wife of abducted and murdered Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam
 Cried out after her husband's body was recovered

"It's like assigning Shamim Osman to probe the criminal elements in the Awami League."
SHAHDEEN MALIK
Eminent Jurist
Describing the formation of the Rab enquiry committee to investigate the Narayanganj abduction case as “absurd eyewash”

"The government gives permission to Hefajat-e Islam for holding a rally, but when people like us want to voice our rights peacefully, we get gagged."
RASHEDA K CHOWDHURY
Former caretaker government adviser
Said after being stopped by the police from forming a human chain in front of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban to protest killings, disappearances and abductions

"They [top Hefajat leaders] have told us that as the government is not supporting Gonojagoron Mancha, we should not talk against the administration."
A HEFAJAT LEADER
Explaining the reason behind Hefajat's silence but denied that they had any 'understanding' with the government

 "The process of dialogue had begun, only it was drowned out by the sound of shooting from automatic rifles of Russian production."
ARSENY YATSENIUK
Ukrainian Prime Minister
 Accused Russia yesterday of engineering clashes in Odessa that led to the deaths of more than 40 pro-Russian activists

"I want to tell you that it is not me that finished (the Brotherhood). You, the Egyptians, are the ones who finished it."
ABDUL FATTAH AL-SISI
Egyptian presidential candidate and former army chief
Said in a joint interview with Egypt's privately owned CBC and ONTV television channels on Monday