Shahbagh protesters submit memo to Speaker


The Shahbagh demonstrators on Sunday submitted a memorandum to the speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad to press home 6-point charter of demands.
The demands include death sentence for all war criminals including Abdul Quader Molla, immediate amendment to the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act making allowing the prosecution to appeal against verdict and ensuring verdict from Appellate Division in three months.
A delegation of the protesters, on the sixth day of their spontaneous protests, met speaker Abdul Hamid at his office in the afternoon and handed over the memorandum.
The 3-page memorandum also demanded immediate arrest and tough action against Jamaat-Shibir activists who had threatened for launching civil war and stern actions against the political parties, force, persons and institutions been trying to save war criminals and opposing the process of the ongoing war crimes trial.
They also demanded the immediate arrest of collaborators, who had been sentenced, and those who were under the trial and was released after 1975 and their trial under the war crimes tribunals.
They also demanded a ban on all the enterprises, Islami Bank, IBN Sina hospital, Focus and Retina Coaching Centre, media including Digangta TV, Daily Nayadiganta, Daily Amardesh, Daily Sangram and Sonar Bangla Blog. and all cultural institutions run by war criminals. (Read the originalstory)