Shahriar Kabir visited NDI (National Democratic Institute) on 27th Oct 2008
With USCIRF (United States Commission on International Religiuos Freedom) on 27th Oct 2008.
Meeting with USCIRF, NDI & Justice Department
Shahriar Kabir, a Humanist (www.secularvoicesofbangladesh.org ) visited USCIRF (United States Commission on International Religious Commission); NDI (National Democratic Institute) & Justice Department officials on Monday, 27th Oct 2008. Mr. Kabir discussed about the anomaly in CHT voter registrations, Election, Emergency situation, Trial of War Criminals and Minority persecution in depth and replied different questions.
USCIRF: USCIRF expects a free, fair & peaceful election in Bangladesh, where all the voters can vote irrespective of race, religion etc. Commission hope that 'Human Rights Commission' will be formed and Bangladesh will become a role model for the Muslim countries where religious minorities will have equal rights and Human Rights will be honored. They noted that, minority persecution during 2001 may had been distracted by 9/11, but this time, people will be watching and there should not be any pre or post election violence.
NDI: NDI will send maximum number of observers to monitor the election and violence related to election. They will monitor all election related intimidation, persecution, rigging and keep in touch with local people and organization to get a real picture. There will be short time & long time observers and also pre-election observers.
Justice Department: Justice Department officials expressed keen interest about Ashrafuzzaman Khan and any other war criminal hiding in USA.
Those attended: Mr. William Kenety; David Rich; Leah Blom from Justice Department; Dr. Steve Snow; Ms. Bridget Kustin from USCIRF; Ms. Coonoor Behal & Samuel Frantz from NDI attended those meetings. While Shahriar Kabir; Dr. Mohsin Ali; Ms. Malisa Ali; Khurshed Khondakar, Liton Khan and Sitangshu Guha joined the discussion.
Sitangshu Guha
646-696-5569
(Views expressed here is solely of the writer)
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