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   ত্রিশোনকু - ১৯ জুন ২০১০ (১০:৪৮ অপরাহ্ণ)

   আরিফুর রহমান ওরফে_____ ওরফে_____ ওরফে_____ ওরফে_____
   ওরফে_____ ওরফে_____ ওরফে_____ ওরফে_____ কে সবসময় হাল্কা ভাবে নিয়েছি। ভ্যান গগের এই ছবিটির অমর্যাদাই করছিল সে।

   এটা পরে মনে স্বস্তি আসলো।

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     আরিফুর রহমান - ২০ জুন ২০১০ (১২:১২ পূর্বাহ্ণ)

     ধর্ম এবং তার অপব্যাবহার নিয়ে সরব হওয়ায় যদি কারো কারো কাছে অপ্রিয় হতে হয়, তাতে আমার কোনো আপত্তি কখনো ছিলো না, আজো নেই।

     যাহৌক, এ বিষয়ে কথা বলার স্থান এখানে নয়।

     আপনাকে স্বস্তি দিতে পেরে যারপরনাই আহ্লাদিত হলাম।

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   রায়হান রশিদ - ২০ জুন ২০১০ (১:৩৬ পূর্বাহ্ণ)

   অসংখ্য ধন্যবাদ, আরিফ।

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   আরিফুর রহমান - ২০ জুন ২০১০ (৫:২৮ পূর্বাহ্ণ)

   রেপিডশেয়ারে আট খন্ডে এর সম্পূর্ন পর্বটি আপলৌড করা হয়েছে। ডাউনলোড করতে ক্লিক করুন।

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   বিনয়ভূষণ ধর - ২২ জুন ২০১০ (৫:৩০ অপরাহ্ণ)

   আপনাকে অসংখ্য ধন্যবাদ জানাচ্ছি আরিফ।…অসম্ভব সুন্দর একটি কাজ হয়েছে।…

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   রায়হান রশিদ - ২২ জুন ২০১০ (১১:৪৯ অপরাহ্ণ)

   প্রামাণ্যচিত্রটির নির্মাতা ডেভিড বার্গম্যানের একটি সাক্ষাৎকার পাওয়া গেল এখানে:

   David Bergman, former head of investigations for the documentary War Crimes File tells Saad Hammadi and Mohiuddin Alamgir how Bangladeshi war collaborators continue to live in London in absence of efforts from any of the stakeholder countries to take them to task.

   In your documentary, you mentioned three collaborators, Chowdhury Muyeenuddin, Abu Sayeed and Lutfar Rahman, who committed a number of crimes during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. How did you collect the evidence against them?

   The film was made in 1994-1995. I was a young journalist working for a television company in the UK. I happened to visit a friend’s house who was a Bangladeshi. He mentioned that there were people who had been involved in committing war crimes, living in London. There was a book titled Genocide ’71, which had allegations of Chowdhury Muyeenuddin’s involvements. There were also allegations against them in the New York Times. We started looking into the individuals. The names of Lutfar Rahman and Abu Sayeed emerged through conversations. Gradually, we began to a get a picture. We were particularly interested in those who committed war crimes and were residing in London. We visited Bangladesh. We met some young journalists and formed a team. There were some preliminary researches. We had about six or seven members working with us.

   The allegation was that Chowdhury Muyeenuddin was involved in the killing of intellectuals. The other two hailed from Sylhet. Initially, we found allegations against seven but from the evidence at hand, we could eventually identify three. The investigation lasted for about seven months, including three months in Bangladesh. We tried to gather as strong evidence as we could.

   What is the current status of Chowdhury Muyeenuddin, Abu Sayeed and Lutfar Rahman in the UK?

   Lutfar Rahman died relatively soon after the documentary. I am not sure about Abu Sayeed. Chowdhury Muyeenuddin has set up an organisation, Islamic Forum Europe. After ’71, a lot of the people came to UK and they set up Dawat’ul Islam. These two organisations were wings of Jamaat. The Islamic Forum Europe set up another organisation called Young Muslim Organisation. Muyeenuddin sued Channel 4 after the documentary. The proceeding was quashed as Muyeenuddin did not turn up. We passed the evidence to the Scotland Yard. It had a war crime unit. But they thought the primary jurisdiction lay with the Bangladesh government. The Scotland Yard sent the evidences over to the Bangladesh government, which was then formed by the Awami League. The police began an investigation in Bangladesh but that never reached the chargesheet.

   You quoted in your documentary that according to the Geneva Convention of 1957, the British government had the power to try these three collaborators. Has there been an initiative to try them in UK?

   Technically, the British government could have prosecuted. I suppose the police at that point in time took a view that the Bangladesh government had the prime responsibility. They left it with the Bangladesh government. The Bangladesh government never sought their help either. It is a real pity. Had initiatives been taken by the British police and the Bangladesh government, there certainly would have been a good chance of a trial.
   
   Thirty-nine years have passed since the liberation war. Will there be enough ground to prove them guilty, if they are to be tried now? Will the evidences still be valid and available?

   When we undertook the investigation in 1995, a lot of people asked how we would collect the evidences. Fifteen years have passed since then. It would be much more difficult to prosecute them now. We now have the Bangladesh government taking initiatives but it is going to be difficult. The fact that somebody makes an allegation does not mean it has to be true. In principle, I completely support the effort however; the trial should meet certain international standards. The people should be given enough opportunities to defend themselves. The legislation under which they are going to be tried has been termed insufficient by the international community.

   You have conducted a prolonged investigation on war crimes in Bangladesh while making your documentary. Did you find evidence against any other Bangladeshi collaborators during your research?

   We had limited time. There were allegations but we did not have enough evidence to prove them. Obviously, they are not the only people who were involved in committing war crimes.

   As you said in the documentary, three of the accused collaborators are British citizens. If the Bangladesh government tries these collaborators, finds them guilty and brings them to the rule of law, is there a process in place to bring them back in Bangladesh in the absence of an extradition treaty?

   The big problem is the death penalty, which is permissible in Bangladesh. The UK courts would not extradite any people to a country that could pronounce a death penalty. The Bangladesh government has to give commitment to the UK government that they will not be sentenced to death. In order to extradite somebody, a legal process has to be followed. I am sure there would be a big obstacle.

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   Mazharul Islam Ujjal - ১০ জুলাই ২০১০ (৪:৩৯ অপরাহ্ণ)

   জুলাই ১, ১৯৭১ ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে গণ হত্যার ভিডিও চিত্র দেখার জন্য নিচের লিঙ্কটিতে ক্লিক করুন:
   

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