Sufia Kamal, Jahanara Imam's ideals needed to fight terrorism
Although the two great personalities are no more, the nation will always remain grateful to them for their contribution to upholding the Liberation War's spirit and saturating the society with it. And they are Janani Sahasika Poet Sufia Kamal and Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam, said discussants yesterday.
The two courageous women led the nation to press home the demand for war criminals' trials, speakers added at the discussion organised by Liberation War Museum (LWM) in its auditorium in the capital to pay tribute to the maverick personalities.
Eminent journalist Abed Khan said Sufia Kamal never bowed before injustice, not even before the military dictator Field Marshall Ayub Khan in 1971.
Sarwar Ali, a trustee of LWM, said the poet did not only fight for women's rights but also for establishing the rights of the destitute.
The name that comes first when war crimes trial is discussed is Jahanara Imam, mentioned Abed.
In the early 90s, Jahanara Imam united every political, social and cultural force, associated with the Liberation War, to realise the demand for war crimes trial and played a leading role in the formation of Gonoadalat for trying Ghulam Azam.
But the then BNP government charged Jahanara and 23 other people with treason, said the speakers.
Rafiqul Islam, programme coordinator of LWM, moderated the programme, where Tureen Afroz, a prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, also spoke.
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