Staff Reporter :
The leaders of the National Bar Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday demanded unconditional release of all the lawyers, including former Advisor to the Caretaker Government Barrister Mainul Hosein, who are detained in the jails, on the eve of the Parliament elections.
They also demanded to the political parties to nominate more lawyers in the next Parliament elections.
Advocate Shah Md Khasruzzaman, President of the National Bar Association, and other leaders of the organization demanded this in a press conference organized in the office of the Law Reporters Forum (LRF) in the Supreme Court premises.
National Bar Association’s Vice-President Advocate Shamsul Jalal Chowdhury, Deputy Secretary General Md Abul Bashar, Assistant Secretary General Barrister Anamul Haq, Advocate Mizanur Rahman, Advocate Abul Kashem Raju, Advocate Saima Khan, among others, were present in the press conference.
Shah Md Khasruzzaman said, “We demand unconditional release of all the lawyers, including Barrister Mainul Hosein, who are detained in the jails, on the eve of the Parliament elections.”
In a written statement, he also said, “National Bar Association of Bangladesh is a federation of the lawyers’ associations of the country and only non-political organization for the lawyers. The organization has a good history of playing role in establishing the rule of law in the country. We think, the association can do the same in the upcoming Parliament elections.”
“We formed 31-member ‘Election Campaign Committee’ headed by Advocate Samsul Jalal Chowdhury to campaign in favour of the lawyers in the Parliament Elections. The committee will start its campaign from December 10,” he said.
