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Rahmatullah: Bangladesh
Jamaat-e-Islami has strongly condemned the government's alleged hypocrisy on
women's rights, saying that while it claims to empower women through Family
Cards, its party cadres are involved in brutal attacks on women.Dr.
Shafiqul Islam Masud, MP, Member of the Central Executive Council of Bangladesh
Jamaat-e-Islami and Secretary of Dhaka City South made the statement at a
program in Dhaka, where he criticized the government's inaction against its
party members involved in terrorism and extortion. He said that the
government's violence against women and children has increased after the
election, with cases of rape and murder going unpunished.Dr Masud
urged the government to take immediate action against those responsible for
violence against women and to remove President Shahabuddin Chuppu, who he
accused of supporting the Awami League's violent crackdown on protesters in
July 2024.
The
Jamaat-e-Islami leader also demanded the implementation of the July Charter and
the election of a new president. The event was presided over by Akhtar-ul-Alam
Sohel, Aameer of Hazaribagh South Thana while attended by various party leaders
and activists.