বন্দী মুক্তি দিবস উপলক্ষে আর্মানিটোলায় জনসভায় ভাষণ
৫ ডিসেম্বর ১৯৫২
ঢাকা।
ভাষণটির অডিও না থাকায় শ্রোতাদের জন্য অডিও রেকর্ড করে দিয়েছেন সংগ্রামের নোটবুক এর একজন নাম প্রকাশে অনিচ্ছুক কণ্ঠযোদ্ধা।
শুরুতে অডিও ও নীচে টেক্সট দেয়া হল।
We demand release of the political prisoners. We do not want anarchy in the country. We must not allow Govt. to detain anybody in jail without a trial for months and years together. Hundreds of workers are undergoing sufferings in the jail. All our appeals for their release have gone unheeded. No amenities are provided for the political prisoners in jail. They are kept in cells. Their health has broken down. Their conditions in jails are more miserable then ordinary prisoners convicted of crimes. Persons convicted for black marketing are given first and second classes but not the political prisoner. Maulana Bhasani is an old man of 70. He is ill in the medical college but Govt. have not arranged for his medical treatment free of charge. Awami League workers are begging from door to door for the expenses of his treatment. There are so many others who are in jail. People of Pakistan have made no less sacrifice than Khan Bahadur Nurul Amin and Sir Nazimuddin. They have duty towards these political prisoners who are courting jail for fighting for the interests of the people at general, Suhrawardy Saheb has declared that if the political prisoners are not released he will start a country wide agitation.
4 crores 21 lac people of East Bengal will put forward demand for Bengali and better basic principles of the Constitution so long they are alive. We shall see how long they can detain them in jail. As an humble servant of the people I say if the political prisoners are not released in the near future peaceful movement will be launched everywhere in Pakistan. Release them or the jails will be flooded. I know I may be arrested again and may die in jail but I want to say that in order to establish justice in Pakistan students, Youths, Peasants, Labourers will be making united movement. I.B. officers may note it and inform Nazimuddin Saheb.
Reference:
Hasina, S. (2018) Secret Document of Intelligence Branch on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Vol – II, p 487-488, Sheikh Hasina, Hakkani Publishers
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