They had fled across the border to Bangladesh amid heavy fighting between the Myanmar military and rebel insurgents in Rakhine
Jamaat-e-Islami’s statement calls for shutdown protesting Mir Quasem’s death sentence
A statement issued by the Jamaat-e-Islami after the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for its senior leader Mir Quasem Ali has called for a shutdown.
Published : 8 March 2016, 08:32 AM
Updated : 8 March 2016, 06:29 PM
The statement, released after the top court delivered its verdict on Tuesday, called for a daylong general strike for Wednesday.
“In protest against the government’s conspiracy to murder Mr Mir Quasem Ali and demanding his release, we announce a dawn-to-dusk shutdown for Mar 9 across Bangladesh,” reads the statement.
Mir Quasem, founding president of the Islami Chhatra Shibir, is a member of the Jammat’s Central Executive Council and the organisation’s fifth most important leader.
He is also known as the party’s financial backbone.
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