BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday warned that the Awami League government must be brought to justice for indulging in enforced disappearances or abductions, if it does not investigate such allegations under the UN mechanism.
“On this day, we stand with family members and children of the victims of enforced disappearances demanding that an independent and impartial investigation be carried out immediately under the United Nation,” he said.
Speaking at a human chain programme, he also said, “Or else, you will be brought to justice like the heads of the government in different countries who were tried for indulging in enforced disappearances and killings in the past.”
BNP’s Dhaka south and north city units arranged the programme in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office, marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Family members, including kids, of many leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies, who have been subjected to enforced disappearance, joined the programme.
Fakhrul alleged that Awami League has established a reign of terror. “They’re running the country by resorting to intimidation, enforced disappearance and killing.”
He urged the party leaders and activists to get ready for making more sacrifices by waging an irresistible movement together with people to trace out the victims of the enforced disappearance and bring smiles to the faces of their children and other family members.
“They (govt) have already got afraid of our current movement and unleashed oppressive forces. No repressive acts will work this time as people have started waking up,” he said.
The BNP leader called upon people of all walks of life to come forward to save the country and end misrule by ousting the current ‘fascists’ regime through a strong movement. Expressing solidarity with the family members of the victims of the enforced disappearance, Fakhrul said, “You’re not alone since the people of the entire country are with you and they will carry out a struggle for you.”
