In
this February 23 photo, carrying reds and greens of varying sizes,
thousands gather in a rally on the premises of Rayerbazar Martyred
Intellectuals Memorial for a six-point demand including capital
punishment to 1971 war criminals.
The
protesters demanding death penalty to all war criminals will hold a
rally in Mirpur of the capital to press home their demand as the
demonstration stepped into 21st straight day on Monday. The rally is scheduled to begin at 3:00pm at Section 10 of Mirpur.
Meanwhile, people from all walks of life imbued with the spirit of '71 started to throng the Shahbagh intersection, popularly known as Projonmo Chattar, since Monday morning.
The Shahbagh youths were seen to chant revolutionary slogans and rendering songs at the Projonmo Chattar.
Earlier on Sunday, thousands of demonstrators hold a mass procession in the capital to protest the countrywide daylong shutdown called by eight Islamist parties.
People regardless of religion, cast and creed, leaders and activists of different student bodies, commuters, pedestrians and office goers joined the youths-led procession.
After the rally, Imran H Sarker, a key organiser of the movement, said if Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman was not arrested immediately, the Shahbagh youths will announce tougher programme from today's Mirpur rally.
On Saturday, the protesters held a grand rally at Rayerbazar Martyred Intellectuals' Memorial in the capital.
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 in 1971 during country's Liberation War.
Rejecting the verdict, Bloggers and Online Activist Network initiated the protest that soon turned into a mass movement.
Within a few days, it spread to other parts of the country and eventually abroad.
On February 21, the protesters held a grand rally, the third of its kind since the protest began on February 5 demanding capital punishment to all war criminals including Mollah.
They also released balloons in the air after tying letters with it commemorating the martyrs of the Liberation War at 4:13pm on February 20, the moment the Pakistani forces surrendered on 16 December 1971.
On February 18, black flags were hoisted at Shahbagh intersection and different educational institutions across the country in memory of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haidar, who was brutally killed by unknown miscreants.
Rajib, also an activist of ongoing Shahbagh movement, was found stabbed dead near his house at Pallabi in the capital February 15.
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