Recognise them as freedom fighters
The High Court has directed the government to take steps to recognise those who had received training inside the country for participating in 1971 Liberation War, as freedom fighters.
The court ordered authorities to involve them in the definition of freedom fighter contained in the 2016 gazette notification.
The HC bench of Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque came up with the directive on Monday following a writ petition filed.
The bench observed that those who participated in the Liberation War, have rights to be acknowledged as freedom fighters, and it is not just a courtesy.
The court directed the liberation war affairs ministry to include names of 26 petitioners as freedom fighters and to publish a gazette notification in 90 days.
Deputy Attorney General Sheikh Saifuzzaman told The Daily Star that in the definition of freedom fighters in the 2016 gazette notification, only the people, who had received training outside the country for the purpose of the Liberation War, have been included as freedom fighters.
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