Declaration of 71 Organizations Try the war criminals of ’71 at a special tribunal Edited by Shahriar Kabir Published by Kazi Mukul General Secretary Forum for Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971 Ga-16 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh Phone : 0088-02-8828703, Fax : 0088-02-8822985 e-mail : <
[email protected]> web site : <www.secularvoiceofbangladesh.org> First Published : January 2008 Forum for Secular Bangladesh Price : Tk. 30.00 (Bangladesh) US $ 3.00 (outside Bangladesh) 1 1 2 PURL: https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/45a8bc/ Nowhere in the world (except in Bangladesh) do war criminals enjoy political rights. Members belonging to Hitler’s Nazi Party are still being hunted down and put on Introduction the dock. They do not even enjoy the rights of franchise anywhere in the world. We strongly believe that as long as On 19 January 1992, a total of 101 eminent citizens of the enemies of our independence continue to live here in the country signed a joint declaration demanding that Bangladesh, we cannot stand upright as a dignified nation notorious war criminal and top collaborator of the Pakistani and none of our development efforts will bear fruit.’ occupation forces, Golam Azam, who had adopted Hardly were any of the successive governments formed Pakistani citizenship in the wake of the independence of after 1975 were concerned about the trial of war criminals. Bangladesh in 1971, be tried. Based on this declaration was However, the family members of the three million martyrs formed the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee who made supreme sacrifice for our independence, and the (Forum for Secular Bangladesh & Trials of War Criminals victims of persecution have never backtracked from their of 1971), popularly known as Nirmul Committee.