Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has issued the following statement on 21 May 2020 demanding release of Jamaat’s Nayeb-e-Ameer AllamaDelawar Hossain Sayedee, party’s Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam, former MP Principal Maulana Abdul KhalequeMondol and all other detained leaders and activists before the ensuing Eid-ul-Fitr.
“Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’sNayeb-e-Ameer and world-renowned preacher of Quran Maulana Delawar Hossain Sayedee has been behind the bar for last 10 years. While, party’s Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam is imprisoned for 9 years, former member of Parliament Principal Maulana Abdul KhalequeMondol has been kept detained for 5 years and the veteran editor of Daily Sangram has been suffering as a prisoner for last 6 months.
Abdullahil Aman Al Azmi, a retired Brigadier General of Bangladesh Army and the son of former Jamaat Ameer Professor Ghulam Azam and the son of Jamaat’s former central executive committee member Shaheed Mir Quasem Ali and a lawyer of Bangladesh Supreme Court Barrister Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem Arman has been missing since August of 2016. Some plain-clothed men, claiming themselves as law enforcers, had abducted them from their houses. But till date, their families have no information regarding their whereabouts.
Their families have been passing days amid worries and tensions for last 4 years. They are eagerly waiting for their return. We are calling upon the concerned authorities to return them back to their families before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr so that they can observe this holy occasion with their families.
We are also pressing demand to release of Jamaat’s Nayeb-e-Ameer AllamaDelawar Hossain Sayedee, party’s Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam, former MP Principal Maulana Abdul KhalequeMondol, Daily Sangram editor Abul Asadand all other detained leaders and activists before the ensuing Eid-ul-Fitr.