[বাংলা] Interview with singer, songwriter and activist Pritom Ahmed [প্রীতম আহমেদ]
24 mins | 16 Dec 2018
Rupali TV’s full interview with singer/songwriter/activist Pritom Ahmed.
Pritom Ahmed’s views on war crimes committed in Bangladesh have amassed great controversy – and a huge online following. He talks about the ‘Shahbag Movement’, his music and intellectual property rights.
Suggested videos and further reading:
FELANI: A Bengali Song in Memory of 15 Years Old Girl Brutally Killed By BSF (Mobile Recording) [RajeshDatta]
https://bit.ly/2HkTdgi
Genocide in Bangladesh by Awami League 39 [salam mamun]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp27aAVK33c
2013 Shahbag protests
https://bit.ly/2IBJrdt
‘On February 5, 2013, protests began in Shahbag, Bangladesh following demands for capital punishment for Abdul Quader Mollah, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, and for others convicted of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh. On that day, the International Crimes Tribunal had sentenced Mollah to life in prison after he was convicted on five of six counts of war crimes. Later demands included banning the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party from politics including election and a boycott of institutions supporting (or affiliated with) the party.’
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
https://bit.ly/2Hn3AAl
‘Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh… is an Islamist pressure group of madrassah teachers and students. In 2013, it submitted to the government of Bangladesh a 13-point charter, which included the demand for the enactment of a blasphemy law.’
2013 Shapla Square protests
https://bit.ly/2tEL4Nc
‘The Shapla Square protests, or the Motijheel massacre, (also known as Operation Shapla or Operation Flash Out by security forces) refers to the protests, and subsequent shootings, of 5 and 6 May 2013 at Shapla Square located in the Motijheel district, the main financial area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The protests were organized by the Islamist pressure group, Hefazat-e Islam, who were demanding the enactment of a blasphemy law. The government responded to the protests by cracking down on the protesters using a combined force drawn from the police, Rapid Action Battalion and paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh to drive the protesters out of Shapla Square.’
