“Though you (AI) talk about neutrality, but your report was not neutral as it did not mention killing of police and anarchy carried out by Jamaat and Hefajat,” he said.
Nasim, a former Home Minister, was addressing a discussion organised by Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote at the Public Library auditorium in the city.
In its annual report 2012 released on Wednesday, London-based Amnesty International (AI) said there were some 30 extrajudicial killings and 10 forced disappearances in Bangladesh in 2012.
It also said more than 20 Buddhist temples and monasteries, one Hindu temple and scores of Buddhist homes and shops were set on fire during a communal attack.
State security forces were implicated in torture and other ill-treatment while women continued to be subjected to various forms of violence. Besides, the government failed to protect indigenous communities from attack by Bengali settlers, said the human rights organization in its report.
On the next general election, Nasim said there will be no election in the country under any spineless government. “The next election will be held under interim government and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be the head of the government.”
Addressing the discussion State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam said: “Tarique Rahman is an absconding accused… a fugitive in the eyes of law. He has been lying about the country’s politics by sitting aboard.”
He added: “A fugitive like Tarique can not make such untrue remarks. For this reason, arrest warrant will be issued against him as per law.”
Awami League Dhaka city unit organizing secretary Shahe Alam Murad, among others, also spoke at the meeting chaired by Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote leader Mobarak Ali Sikder.
