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Political parties must recognise human dignity of individual

Speakers tell discussion

Staff Correspondent
Political authorities must recognise human dignity of every individual to bring about true development in Bangladesh, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.
Civic Bangladesh, a civil society body for freedom, dignity and justice, organised the disaission at the National Press Club in the city.
The proclamation document of Bangladesh's independence and the very birth of the country are both based on the sense of humanitarian dignity, said Barrister Tania Ameer, a Supreme Court lawyer.
"The very war of liberation of Bangladesh and her birth as a sovereign country was predicated upon the principle of equality, human dignity and social justice," she said.
Lawyers, workers' leaders and development activists focused on how the poor and powerless, women workers, persons with disabilities and marginalised groups are humiliated with indignity, low pay and lack of recognition, at the discussion titled Rights and justice in light of development in Bangladesh'.
While making a keynote presentation at the discussion, Robert W Fuller, a wiiter from
the US, said that conventionally an individual is somebody when he or she has power and authority but is considered nobody when out of power and position.
Equal rights to nutrition and dignity must be established, he said, adding that equal dignity of every human being is fundamental to social stability, progress and peace.
"Inadequate recognition is a cause of terrorism," said Fuller, "Humiliation and aggression are something that we must leavein the past."
Fuller has authored two books titled 'Somebodies and Nobodies' and 'All Rise' point-
ing out abuse and indignity of the powerless by the social and political hierarchy.
Bayzid Dawla, executive director of Civic Bangladesh, said that majority of the people are denied access to basic human needs such as education and healthcare and victims of the political systems and institutions. Thus dignity is denied and indi gni ty mean s injustice.
Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation Khairuzzaman Liton and former foreign secretary Wali-ur-Rahman also spoke on the occasion while Prof Claire Sheridan spoke as a guest speaker. Dawla moderated the discussion.