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BNP's G9 slates rights violation

Shafik Rehman criticises Prothom Alo, The Daily Star for Till role'

Staff Correspondent
Criticising the government for violating human rights', speakers, mostly pro-BNP intellectuals and former bureaucrats, yesterday at a convention urged government to stop violation against humanity.
They also called upon the government to probe wrongdoings’ of the immediate past caretaker government and to make the report public.
However, the keynote speaker of the convention journalist Shafik Rehman bitterly criticised a section of media including Prothom Alo and The Daily Star for what he
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said for role in 1/11 political changeover.'
No other speaker however did speak in line with Shafik Rehman at the programme.
Group-2009 (G-9). a platform of pro-BNP men from different professional bodies, organised the convention styled National Convention on Human Rights' at city's Purbani Hotel.
Presided by Sayeeful Islam, President of G-9, the convention was addressed among 1 others by Prof Emazuddin .Ahmed, former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University. Shamser Mobin Chowdhury, former foreign secretary' and senior journalist Am anul) ah Kabir.
Daniel R Breton, leader of Canadian Movement on War Against Afghanistan. Jean-Marc Pelletier, former mayor of Brossard City, Quebec Province of Canada, also attended the convention. Shafik Rehman, editor of the weekly Mouchake Dhil, presented the key note paper styled “Human rights in Bangladesh are at stake. ’
Interestingly, no BNP politician was seen at the convention.
This is for the first time since the Awami League (AL)-led government took office any pro-BNP professional group organised such convention to raise voice against the present government's activities.
A booklet was also distributed on the occasion titled "Eleven month's rule of the Awami League Government, Cry for Human Rights". G-9 published the booklet depicting 'wrongdoings' of the government's 11 -months "misnile."
Addressing as chief guest, Emazuddin Ahmed said, "An elected government is the first i step of democratic system. But establishing rule of law is an imperative to establish real democracy."
He also said, "This country has vast opportunity to become a prosperous country. Those who say that Bangladesh is poor are telling lies. The policy makers of the country' are rather poor."
Shamser Mobin strongly
criticised the government for its bow-down' foreign policy especially with India in terms of killing of Bangladeshi citizens by Indian boarder security forces.
In the keynote paper, Shafik Rehman raised several examples of violation of human rights by the present government.
"A section of media with the help of intelligence agencies had published various 'true-false' information on doctors, engineers, other professionals, politicians and businessmen apart from the lawyers,” he said.
The 'ill-efforts' started to decrease with the realisation that the minus two formula was going to fail, he said.
"US Ambassador to Bangladesh James F Moriarty in October last said at a meeting at Harvard University that his government is helping Bangladesh’s media. Mr Mahfuz Anam was sitting beside Mr Moriarty'. I request Mr Moriarty not to allow and entertain discriminatory journalism," Shafik Rehman said.
"If you believe in transparency, let us know how and what assistances the American government has offered to which media."