Thu Dec 6 2007 11:40 pm
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These men are prisoners of conscience.
These men are Rajshahi University professors. This week the Bangladesh military government, in a sham trial, sentenced them to two years rigorous imprisonment for participating in a silent procession last August protesting police and army brutality against Dhaka University students.
This is Bangladesh today.
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December 10th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Mash
they r freed now.
December 11th, 2007 at 2:27 am
[…] Today, four Bangladeshi prisoners of conscience - Moloy Bhowmik, Selim Reza Newton, Abdullah Al Mamun and Dulal Chandra Biswas - walked out from the Rajshahi Central Jail as free men - aparajito. These four Rajshahi University professors were sentenced last week to two years rigorous imprisonment by a Bangladeshi kangaroo court for taking part in a silent procession in August of this year. Today they were released when Bangladesh’s civilian puppet president, Iajuddin Ahmed, "pardon"ed them of their "crimes". […]
December 11th, 2007 at 8:00 am
[…] Today, four Bangladeshi prisoners of conscience - Moloy Bhowmik, Selim Reza Newton, Abdullah Al Mamun and Dulal Chandra Biswas - walked out from the Rajshahi Central Jail as free men - aparajito. These four Rajshahi University professors were sentenced last week to two years rigorous imprisonment by a Bangladeshi kangaroo court for taking part in a silent procession in August of this year. Today they were released when Bangladesh’s civilian puppet president, Iajuddin Ahmed, “pardon”ed them of their “crimes”. […]
December 14th, 2007 at 8:36 am
These so called professors have destroyed our education system by practising party politics in universities. Why dont you mention in your post how a 4 yr degree in Bangladesh takes 6-7 years because of the constant hartals and student protests? Why should students burn public property in the name of demonstration? What are they “protesting” against? The lockup of corrupt politicians?
December 14th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Raheem, tell me specifically what these four professors were convicted of? You can’t send them to prison simply because someone needs to be blamed and someone needs to pay.
I hope you are not suggesting that these professors should spend 2 years in jail because you blame “professors” for “destroying” the education system. I am not sure that is the kind of “law and order” that will rescue the country from the ills that you cite in your post.
I am surprised you are so concerned about exacting punishment on these professors and not so worried about today’s front page story in New Age that says that this government has arrested over 400,000 people since it came to power, and that over 200,000 of them have been arrested without any warrant and detained without any charge against them. One would think that kind of human right violation would be something that would worry a concerned citizen more than trying to punish 4 professors for crimes they are neither accused of nor convicted of.