DHAKA, Aug 11, 2024 (BSS) - University teachers, advocates, judges,
distinguished citizens and journalists from a discussion today urged the
interim government to bring reformation to the country's each sectors
including amending the constitution and ensure justice to all previous
criminal offences including the genocide, crimes, looting and torture carried out by the Awami League in the last 16 years.

The citizen group also demanded to abolish the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)
and formulate a new constitution as the constitution became dysfunctional in
terms of ensuring the rights of common people as well as inadequate for
building a new Bangladesh which was used by the Awami regime to protect the
dictatorship.

"The interim government must ensure justice to all the wrongdoings including
2024 genocide, extrajudicial killing, disappearance, suppression and torture
conducted by the Awami regime in the last 16 years", they told a view
exchange meeting 'New Bangladesh, People's Expectations' today at Nasrul amid
auditorium of Dhaka reporters unity organized by Nabik (Nagorik Bikash o
Kollan).

They came up with a five point demand in the discussion presided over by
Nabik President Barrister Shihab Uddin Khan, with Vice President Burhan Uddin
Faisal presenting the concept paper.

In the concept paper, Nabik's Vice President Burhan Uddin outlined five
demands: the abolition of RAB due to human rights violations; radical reforms
of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) and police; strict
prosecution of those linked to Awami fascism with confiscation of assets
acquired through corruption; the drafting of a new people-friendly
constitution; the appointment of new judges committed to justice; and the
repeal of all black laws including cyber security laws, to establish a just
society

"Appropriate measures must be taken to seize the black money and resources
Awami leaders and its associates obtained through corruption and looting and
take all the money to the state treasury", said the speakers.

 "In the new Bangladesh, We do not want to see an internationally
controversial force for human rights violation, extrajudicial killings and
disappearances and thus, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) should be abolished
immediately", said the speakers.

They said the intelligence agency DGFI should be completely restructured with
a new name to establish this civil status and human rights because the agency
has been known to the public as a very brutal and terrifying force for
creating secret torture cell like 'Aynaghor' and helping the dictator.

They also demanded to bring radical reformation to the Police forces as the
force has lost people's trust as it has been used against the people to carry
out brutality on opposition and common people during the student movement and
in the entire fascist 16-year Awami regime.

The former judges in the discussion have urged the interim government to
bring radical reformation to the Judiciary to make it truly independent and
appoint the people qualified and committed to law as judges as well as
abolishing all the all black laws and regulations such as the Cyber Security
Act 2023.

The loyal judges of the fascist Awami government have played heinous roles in
the recent student uprising and in the oppression of countless people in the
country over the past decade as well as the High Court failing to protect the
fundamental and democratic rights of the people, they added.

Tahmid Muddassir Chowdhury, coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student
Movement; Dr Mozaherul Haque, former advisor to the World Health Organization
in Southeast Asia; Nur Khan Liton, lawyer and human rights activist; Golam
Rabbani, professor at Jahangirnagar University; Colonel (Retd) Mohammad Abdul
Hoque, security analyst; Barrister Mustasim Tanzir, Supreme Court lawyer; and
Maruf Hossain, architect, among others, were present.