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Flowers in hand, they call for justice
Flowers in hand, they call for justice | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com
Sun, Dec 16th, 2012 9:08 pm BdST
Savar, Dec 16 (bdnews24.com)—Freedom fighters descended in their thousands on the National Memorial to pay homage to the 1971 Liberation War martyrs on the Victory Day on Sunday and said they wanted the war crimes trial finished before the Independence Day on Mar 26.
They think BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia should toss out Jamaat-e-Islami, which had opposed the independence from Pakistan, from the opposition alliance for the sake of Bangladesh.
Harunur Rashid is a war veteran who fought the Pakistanis in Sector-6. He told bdnews24.com at the Memorial: "The nation had long been waiting for the war crimes trial. Even though it is already late, the government has taken measures to this end. I hope the trial will end before the Independence Day."
"Otherwise," he added, "The soul of the martyrs will remain in pain."
The 65-year-old freedom fighter also expressed concern over possible obstacles to the trial being completed in case of changes in power.
Sector-2 freedom fighter Abdur Rashid was disappointed with the two International Crimes Tribunals failing to deliver any verdict.
"We want the killers to be tried before the Independence Day on the 26th of March."
Any sort of uncertainty in the war crimes trial may invite a horrible consequence for the people, along with the freedom fighters, he feared.
"I was a soldier. I think BNP, the party formed by Ziaur Rahman, should forsake Jamaat," he said.
Sector-9 freedom fighter Mohammad Shah Alam agreed with Harunur Rashid and Abdur Rashid.
Around three million Bangladeshis had been killed by the Pakistani forces in the nine-month war for freedom. Their local collaborators were not far behind them in the killings, torturing, raping and looting.
The International Crimes Tribunals, formed after the Awami League had taken charge, are trying nine top Jamaat leaders and two of the BNP for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity. Some cases are at the finishing stages.
bdnews24.com/corr/aha/gm/ost/bd/2010h
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Indian army corps celebrates Bangla V-Day
http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=238271&cid=2
Sun, Dec 16th, 2012 6:32 pm BdST
Calcutta, Dec 15 (bdnews24.com)–India's Fourth Army Corps based in Assam's Tezpur cantonment on Sunday observed the Victory Day to recall its operations that led to the defeat of the Pakistan army and the creation of Bangladesh.
A solemn ceremony was organised in the headquarters of the 4th Corps, popularly known as Gajraj Corps, to pay homage to the soldiers who fought for the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistani occupation.
"Like each year, we remember this day as a red-letter day in the history of our formation. Because it was the thrust provided by units under the Gajraj Corps that led to the capitulation of the Pakistani forces and the liberation of Bangladesh. We not only recall the memories of our fallen soldiers but also the thousands of Bangladeshi freedom fighters who fought shoulder to shoulder with our forces," said Major General D K Purohit, chief of staff of the Gajraj Corps in a press release.
Maj-Gen Purohit and other senior officials laid wreaths at the War Memorial in the Tezpur cantonment.
For the 4th Corps, December 1971 was its finest war. This is the formation that guards India's eastern borders with China , at whose hands it had suffered a humiliating defeat in 1962. 1971 changed that and the 4th Corps could redeem its lost glory through a determined thrust across eastern Bangladesh that carried its formation to the vicinity of Dhaka at great speed.
bdnews24.com/sbh/1701h
Flowers in hand, they call for justice | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com
Sun, Dec 16th, 2012 9:08 pm BdST
Savar, Dec 16 (bdnews24.com)—Freedom fighters descended in their thousands on the National Memorial to pay homage to the 1971 Liberation War martyrs on the Victory Day on Sunday and said they wanted the war crimes trial finished before the Independence Day on Mar 26.
They think BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia should toss out Jamaat-e-Islami, which had opposed the independence from Pakistan, from the opposition alliance for the sake of Bangladesh.
Harunur Rashid is a war veteran who fought the Pakistanis in Sector-6. He told bdnews24.com at the Memorial: "The nation had long been waiting for the war crimes trial. Even though it is already late, the government has taken measures to this end. I hope the trial will end before the Independence Day."
"Otherwise," he added, "The soul of the martyrs will remain in pain."
The 65-year-old freedom fighter also expressed concern over possible obstacles to the trial being completed in case of changes in power.
Sector-2 freedom fighter Abdur Rashid was disappointed with the two International Crimes Tribunals failing to deliver any verdict.
"We want the killers to be tried before the Independence Day on the 26th of March."
Any sort of uncertainty in the war crimes trial may invite a horrible consequence for the people, along with the freedom fighters, he feared.
"I was a soldier. I think BNP, the party formed by Ziaur Rahman, should forsake Jamaat," he said.
Sector-9 freedom fighter Mohammad Shah Alam agreed with Harunur Rashid and Abdur Rashid.
Around three million Bangladeshis had been killed by the Pakistani forces in the nine-month war for freedom. Their local collaborators were not far behind them in the killings, torturing, raping and looting.
The International Crimes Tribunals, formed after the Awami League had taken charge, are trying nine top Jamaat leaders and two of the BNP for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity. Some cases are at the finishing stages.
bdnews24.com/corr/aha/gm/ost/bd/2010h
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Indian army corps celebrates Bangla V-Day
http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=238271&cid=2
Sun, Dec 16th, 2012 6:32 pm BdST
Calcutta, Dec 15 (bdnews24.com)–India's Fourth Army Corps based in Assam's Tezpur cantonment on Sunday observed the Victory Day to recall its operations that led to the defeat of the Pakistan army and the creation of Bangladesh.
A solemn ceremony was organised in the headquarters of the 4th Corps, popularly known as Gajraj Corps, to pay homage to the soldiers who fought for the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistani occupation.
"Like each year, we remember this day as a red-letter day in the history of our formation. Because it was the thrust provided by units under the Gajraj Corps that led to the capitulation of the Pakistani forces and the liberation of Bangladesh. We not only recall the memories of our fallen soldiers but also the thousands of Bangladeshi freedom fighters who fought shoulder to shoulder with our forces," said Major General D K Purohit, chief of staff of the Gajraj Corps in a press release.
Maj-Gen Purohit and other senior officials laid wreaths at the War Memorial in the Tezpur cantonment.
For the 4th Corps, December 1971 was its finest war. This is the formation that guards India's eastern borders with China , at whose hands it had suffered a humiliating defeat in 1962. 1971 changed that and the 4th Corps could redeem its lost glory through a determined thrust across eastern Bangladesh that carried its formation to the vicinity of Dhaka at great speed.
bdnews24.com/sbh/1701h