People from different professions chose social networking sites to express their reactions to the final verdict in the case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee.
The Appellate Division yesterday sentenced Sayedee to imprisonment unto death for crimes against humanity he had committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
Soon after the verdict was pronounced, people’s opinions on it appeared on Facebook and other social media.
Shawan Mahmud, daughter of Altaf Mahmud, wrote on Facebook: “Was it then wrong to call for the trial of war criminals? Was it then wrong to call on people not to vote for the war criminals? Was it then wrong to expose the real face of the war criminals to the people? To date, I could give the younger generation nothing except the sense of helplessness in Bangladesh where confusion reigns. This is an unpardonable offence and I am ashamed.”
University student Sarwar Hossain Bubul wrote: “I chanted slogans at Shahbagh ‘You are Razakar, You are Razakar’ [targeting the well-known war criminals]. Now I feel like I should go there and shout ‘I am Razakar, I am Razakar.’”
Noted film director Nurul Alam Atique wrote: “The necessity of having another War of Independence will emerge when the country will descend into a mess as a result of fraud and cheat committed by those in favour of the Liberation War. The definition of freedom fighters will change at the time.”
Gonojagoron Moncho activist Rony, who recently moved to the US, wrote: “I want to have myself hanged.”
Noted documentary filmmaker Kawsar Chowdhury wrote: “I know politics is very complex and does not follow a very straight line but the turn politics took today has made our ancestors turn in their graves.”