Ban Awami League’s registration, politics: NCP

The National Citizens Party (NCP) has demanded to ban the political activities of the Awami League and its affiliated organizations for genocide and crimes against humanity.

NCP convener Md Nahid Islam made the demand at an emergency press conference on Friday.

In a written statement, Nahid Islam said the United Nations Human Rights Commission's recent report clearly identified the crimes committed in Bangladesh in July as international crimes. He criticized the slow progress in the judicial process, stating, “The NCP demands visible progress in the trials of the July genocide, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings under the previous fascist regime.”

NCP announced protest programmes from Saturday to press home the demand, and vowed to resist any attempt to rehabilitate Awami League.

The statement strongly criticised Prof Yunus’ Thursday rejection of any plan to ban Awami League, and questioned the delays in the trials against the party.

The trials into July massacre last year, BDR massacre in 2009, Shapla Chattar massacre in 2013, crackdown on anti-Indian hegemony demonstrations, abductions-extra-judicial killings and widespread vote riggings must be completed before allowing Awami League back into politics, Nahid said while reading out the statement.