Hundreds
of people from all walks of life thronged Rayerbazar in the capital on
Saturday to hold a rally demanding death penalty to all war criminals.
Slogans
demanding death penalty for war criminals reverberated through the
capital Saturday afternoon as hundreds of people joined a rally
Rayerbazar Baddhabhumi (mass killing ground), expressing solidarity with
the ongoing Shahbagh movement.People of all walks sang in unison the national anthem to start the rally around 3:35pm.
The Shahbagh protesters, who called for the rally, thronged the venue prior to the beginning of the rally, carrying national flags.
Imran H Sarker, the convener of Blogger and Online Activist Network, on Friday night urged people to carry national flags and join their march towards the mass killing ground, to protest the violence of Jamaat-Shibir men, who burnt and tore down the national flag during Friday's violence across the country.
Friday afternoon, about 16 hours after the nonstop movement, the network activists returned to the Shahbagh intersection, following the Jamaat-Shibir activists' countrywide violence.
Several hundred demonstrators were seen chanting slogans and rendering revolutionary songs at the venue, as the demonstration stepped into its 19th day next morning.
Meanwhile, the mass signature campaign called by the demonstrators resumed at 10:00am Saturday for the second straight day.
The programme will continue until March 7. The campaign will continue for 12 hours everyday, starting from 10:00am at the venue.
After Friday’s mayhem, Imran H Sarker issued an ultimatum to the government to arrest within 24 hours Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of the daily Amar Desh, for "publishing motivating stories and instigating the violence".
The Shahbagh movement began on February 5, hours after Jamaat assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Mollah was sentenced to life in prison for rape, killing and genocide during country's Liberation War in 1971.
Protesters say a life term is too lenient a punishment for Mollah, known as the "Butcher of Mirpur" for his notorious role in the killing of hundreds during the war and demand capital punishment to Mollah and all other war criminals.
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