Bangladesh: Jamaat calls hartal for today


The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called nationwide dawn-to-dusk general strike for today protesting at ‘the government conspiracy to kill its assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Molla in a planned manner.’
The Islamist party called the general strike immediately after the International Crimes Tribunal in the afternoon issued a death warrant for Quader, who was sentenced to death by the Appellate Division on charge of crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the war of independence in 1971.
Calling for the shutdown in a statement, Jamaat acting secretary general Shafiqur 
Rahman alleged that the government was going to ‘kill Abdul Quader Molla to deflect people’s attention from the ongoing movement demanding non-party caretaker government to oversee the parliamentary polls.’
Alleging that the government did not follow the due legal process in trying Quader, the statement said, ‘The government will have to face dire consequences if it kills Quader Molla by trampling on the legal process and constitutional rights.’ (source