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Make UN stronger to prevent torture across globe

Speakers tell roundtable

Staff correspondent
The United Nations has lost its credibility to prevent torture across the world, speakers at a roundtable said yesterday.
They also said that the state-sponsored torture of politicians and common people can never be supported.
Odhikar. a human rights organisation, organised the roundtable at the National Press Club in tlie city to mark the United Nations International Day in Support of the Victims ofTorture.
Speaking at the roundtable. BNP Secretary General Khandaker
Delwar Hossain stressed the need for making the United Nations stronger.
"Most dewloping countries are now questioning the role of the United Nations. But if there was no such entity, the imperialist forces would commit misdeeds mindlessly," he said.
Presenting the keynote paper, Adviser to Odlukar Farhad Mazhar said, "As Bangladesh has ratified the Convention againstTorture (CAT) in 1998 and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCRP) in 2000 and has adopted Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment and Punishment in 2006, the government is obliged to be accountable to international community."
He said information extracted from detainees through torture is being used against the victims, which is unethical.
Senior journalist ABM Musa said that before the election, every political party makes a commitment to prevent torture, but as soon as they go to power, they become torturers.
Each government will have to be held accountable for their acts of torture one day, he said.
It is the responsibility of every citizen to ensure that the govern-
ment does not commit torture, said Prof Dr Mizanur Rahman.
"If any government commits torture, it must make public apology and compensate the victims," he said, adding that the rule of law is a must for good governance.
Chairman of Bangladesh Policy Forum Mahmudur Rahman, former attorney general Abdur Rezak Khan, Khushi Kabir of Nijera Kori, Dr Anwar Hossain, journalist Ataus Samad, Advocate Sliimul Biswas and Secretary of Jatiya Mukti Council Dr Fayzul Hakim Lala also spoke at the roundtable moderated by Advocate Adilur Rahman Shuvro.