Jumbangla Desk: After the genocide, whether Awami League should have political rights or not, the common people of Bangladesh will consider the law, justice and parliamentary affairs advisor Dr. Asif Nazrul

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The adviser told reporters after a meeting with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Secretariat on Tuesday (October 29).

When asked whether Awami League will be able to participate in the election, the legal advisor said, it is not my place to say. Now if you think, those who have killed thousands of people, maimed another forty-fifty thousand people, took away their eyes, still they speak for that crime.

Even if the leaked record is correct, their leader has still threatened to look at 287 people. A terrorist in another country is making threats, who is accused of a genocide case. Before trial, before impunity, they will run a political program to kill thousands more people? So everything will come through a process, said Asif Nazrul.

He further said, "You consider, after a massacre, a group is still trying to confuse." Trying to call the leaders of such a big movement of ours a juvenile gang, threatening to kill more people, every person will consider whether that group should have political rights or not. It will be seen after the trial process, what can be decided about them.

In response to a question about the death penalty, he said that the United Nations should abolish the death penalty in all countries. They have an optional protocol. The essence of that protocol is to abolish the death penalty. But very few countries in the world have abolished the death penalty. It will tell from their commitment. But the criminal justice system that we have, the judicial culture that we have, will prevail for us. Most importantly, no government of Bangladesh has become a party to the Optional Protocol to abolish the death penalty. No initiative has been taken by any of our governments to become a party to this Optional Protocol.

Asif Nazrul said, I told them that they are involved in our legal reform, if we need forensic assistance in institutional reform, they will provide it. We are here for justice, not for revenge.

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The legal advisor said, 'We will not do injustice as it happened in the previous court. We have nothing to hide. Anyone is welcome to come and see how we're judging.'