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Dialogue a must to uphold rights Rights

violation, rule of law discussed at London seminar on Bangladesh

Star Report
Voicing concern over deterioration of law and order, attacks on minorities and extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh, speakers at a London seminar have called for political dialogue to uphold human rights and democracy.
The seminar titled "Bangladesh: the way forward, peace, democracy, human rights and the rule of law" was organised by British Parliament's All Party Committee on Human Rights and held at the House of Lords on Monday.
Also focusing on war crimes trial and Jamaat-Shibir violence, the speakers said the government just cannot shrug off its responsibilities, reports our London correspondent.
Lord Avebury, vice-chairman of the committee, who chaired the seminar, said political parties have to determine in which direction Bangladesh will go. There is no alternative to political dialogue to uphold Bangladesh's democracy and human rights," said Avebury, also the chair of International Bangladesh Foundation.
The seminar was addressed by Baroness Berridge, member of the House of Lords; Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick, Bangladesh Prime Minister's advisers HT Imam and Moshiur Rahman, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Sabihuddin Ahmed, HRW South Asia Director Brad Adams, Amnesty International's Bangladesh researcher Abbas Faiz, Mihir Sarkar of Campaign for Religious Minorities in Bangladesh,
BNP leader Asaduzzaman Siddique and Awami League lawmakers Bir Bahadur and Tarana Halim, among others.
This was the first time AL and BNP leaders shared the same stage after the controversial January 5 parliamentary election.
HT Imam said the BNP boycotted the national election to save war criminals. Pointing to Hefajat-e Islam's mayhem in May last year, he said it was Khaleda Zia who instigated the violence to dethrone the government.
Sabihuddin said over half of the candidates won the "voter-less" election uncontested. He slammed the Election Commission saying it works
the way the government wants.
Mihir Sarkar said, "Extrajudicial killing is taking place in Bangladesh though the Awami League speaks against it." The rate of forced disappearance has also increased, he added.
Turning to violence unleashed by Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir last year, Mihir mentioned their cadres attacked the minority community after war crimes verdicts on their leaders.
Abbas Faiz, too, said the Hindus have become target of attacks after the war crimes trial started. Religious minorities are not safe in Bangladesh as successive governments have failed to ensure their security, he observed.