Songs and slogans filled the air on Tuesday as the Shahbagh protesters continued their demonstration for the eighth straight day demanding death penalty for all war criminals.
Hundreds of youths imbued with the spirit of the ’71 started to converge on the protest venue, which is known as ‘Projonmo Chottor’.
Like previous days, people from all walks of life irrespective of age, sex and class gathered at the protest venue wholeheartedly since the morning to express solidarity with the protesters.
The students of Philosophy Department of Dhaka University also joined the protest in the morning.
Our correspondent also reported that the students of different schools and colleges of the city were seen coming to the Shahbagh venue.
They were joining the demonstration chanting various slogans demanding capital punishment for all war criminals including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Mollah.
Prof Abul Barakat, chairman of Janata Bank, visited Shahbagh in the morning and expressed his solidarity with the protest.
Barakat said he appreciated the way by which the new generation has been launching the movement.
The protesters also bins a rumour that they urged the countrymen to refrain themselves from celebration Pahela Falgun, heralding the arrival of spring, the king of all seasons.
The demonstrators under the banner of 'Bloggers and Online Activist Network' started the protest on February 5, hours after the Jamaat leader was given life imprisonment in a war crimes case.
Though the 'Bloggers and Online Activist Network' started the demonstration, soon it transformed into a people's movement.
The protesters on Sunday submitted a six-point charter to the Speaker, demanding death penalty for all war criminals including Mollah, and revocation of the state's power to grant them amnesty.
The other demands include an amendment to the International Crimes Tribunal Act, allowing appeals against inadequate punishment and disposal of appeals from both the defence and the prosecution within three months of their filing.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the same day thanked the youths for raising voice against the 1971 war criminals.
On Sunday, the members of Bangladesh National Cricket Team joined the protest and expressed their solidarity.
The organiser held a grand rally at Shahbagh intersection on Friday where tens of thousands thronged and called for the death penalty for all war criminals of the Liberation War.
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