DHAKA, March 8, 2020 (BSS) – Awami League Presidium member Mohammed Nasim
today demanded ensuring quick trial in the cases of repression against women.
“When we hear the incidents of women repression during the age of women
empowerment, we get hurt. We urge home and law ministers to ensure quick
trial of repressors,” he said.
Nasim, also 14-party spokesperson, was addressing a memorial meeting on
former AL general secretary Abdul Jalil, arranged by Sammilita Sangskritik
Jote, marking his 7th death anniversary at Jatiya Press Club’s Maulana Akram
Khan Hall here.
He also sought death sentence as capital punishment for brutal torture on
women.
Extending greetings to womenfolk on the International Women’s Day today,
Nasim said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has been utilizing
merits and skills of women to empower them and help them contribute to the
national economy.
The AL presidium member said Bangladesh has set an example in women
empowerment in the world.
“We by heart want women empowerment but if wrongdoers like Papiya emerge,
the empowerment of women will become meaningless,” he said.
Cultural personality Syed Hasan Imam chaired the meeting while AL
Organizing Secretary Shakhawat Hossain Shafique, State Minister for
Information Dr Murad Hassan, AL leader Advocate Balaram Podder, Bangabandhu
Sangskritik Jote Vice-President singer Rafiqul Alam and its general secretary
Arun Sarkar Rana addressed it, among others.