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Pope condemns Bangladesh 'slave labour' after tragedy

(AFP) – 3 days ago

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned as "slave labour" the conditions for hundreds of workers killed in a factory collapse in Bangladesh and urged political leaders to fight unemployment in a sweeping critique of "selfish profit".

The pope said he had been particularly struck by a headline saying workers at the factory near Dhaka were being paid just 38 euros ($50) a month.

"This is called slave labour!" the pope was quoted by Vatican radio as saying in his homily at a private mass in his residence to mark May Day.

More than 400 workers have been confirmed dead and scores are missing in the collapse, which occurred in a suburb of the capital Dhaka last week in the country's worst-ever industrial disaster.

"Today in the world this slavery is being committed against something beautiful that God has given us -- the capacity to create, to work, to have dignity," the pope said at the mass.

"How many brothers and sisters find themselves in this situation!" he said, as protesters in May Day demonstrations around the world rallied against unfair work conditions and unemployment.

"Not paying fairly, not giving a job because you are only looking at balance sheets, only looking at how to make a profit. That goes against God!" the pope said in his strongly-worded address.

The Argentine pope, formerly the archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Bergoglio, became a powerful voice on the side of the poor during his homeland's devastating economic crisis.

Since being elected pontiff in March, he has repeatedly called for the Roman Catholic Church to be closer to the needy and has said he wants "a poor Church for the poor".

The 76-year-old later spoke to thousands of followers in St Peter's Square, urging politicians to fight unemployment and calling for greater "social justice" against "selfish profit".

"I call on politicians to make every effort to relaunch the labour market," he said in his traditional weekly address.

"Work is fundamental for dignity," he said.

He spoke of "labour market difficulties in various countries" -- an apparent reference to the unemployment crisis afflicting Europe.

Unemployment is often caused by "an economic conception of society based on selfish profit outside the bounds of social justice," he said.

The Vatican has often been sharply critical of unregulated capitalism, particularly in recent years during the global financial crisis.

"We do not get dignity from power or money or culture, no! We get dignity from work," he said, adding that many political and economic systems "have made choices that mean exploiting people".

ভ্যাটিকান সিটি - পোপ ফ্রান্সিস বুধবার "স্লেভ শ্রম" হিসেবে বাংলাদেশ একটি কারখানা ভেঙে নিহত শ্রমিকের শত শত জন্য শর্ত নিন্দা এবং "স্বার্থপর প্রফিট" একটি সুদূরপ্রসারী সমালোচনায় বেকারত্বের যুদ্ধ রাজনৈতিক নেতাদের প্রতি আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন.

Pope তিনি বিশেষ করে মাত্র 38 ইউরো ($ 50) এক মাসের বেতন দেওয়া হচ্ছে ঢাকা কাছাকাছি কারখানায় শ্রমিকদের বলছে একটা হেডলাইন দ্বারা তাড়িত হয়েছে.

"এই দাস শ্রম বলা হয়!" Pope মে দিবসে চিহ্নিত করতে তার বাসস্থানের একটি চিঠি ভর তার ধর্মোপদেশ মধ্যে বলছে ভ্যাটিকান রেডিও দ্বারা উদ্ধৃত করা হয়েছিল.

বেশী 400 কর্মীদের দেশের সবচেয়ে খারাপ কখনো শিল্প বিপর্যয়ে গত সপ্তাহে রাজধানী ঢাকার একটি শহরতলী ঘটেছে যা পতন, মৃত নিশ্চিত করা হয়েছে এবং স্কোর অনুপস্থিত.

"বিশ্বের এই দাসত্ব আজ ঈশ্বর আমাদের দেওয়া হয়েছে সুন্দর কিছু বিরুদ্ধে করা হচ্ছে - নির্মাণ কাজ, মর্যাদা আছে ক্ষমতা," পোপ ভর করে.

"কত ভাই ও বোন এই পরিস্থিতিতে নিজেদের এটি!" বিশ্বজুড়ে মে দিবসের বিক্ষোভে মধ্যে প্রতিবাদকারী অন্যায় কাজ শর্ত এবং বেকারত্বের বিরুদ্ধে দাম বেড়েছে হিসেবে তিনি বলেন,.

"আপনি যদি শুধুমাত্র ব্যালেন্স শীট এ খুঁজছেন কারণ শুধুমাত্র একটি লাভ করতে কিভাবে এ খুঁজছেন, একটি কাজ প্রদান না, মোটামুটি অর্থপ্রদানকারী নেই. ঈশ্বরের বিরুদ্ধে যে যায়!" পোপ তার পক্ষ-worded ঠিকানা বলেন.

পূর্বে আর্জেন্টাইন Pope, বুয়েনস জর্জ Bergoglio এর সর্বোচ্চ মার্গের দেবদূত, তার স্বদেশ এর বিধ্বংসী অর্থনৈতিক সংকটের সময় দরিদ্র পাশ দিয়ে একটি শক্তিশালী ভয়েস হয়ে ওঠে.

মার্চ pontiff নির্বাচিত হওয়ার পর থেকে তিনি বারবার কাছাকাছি অভাবগ্রস্ত হবে রোমান ক্যাথলিক চার্চ জন্য বলা হয়েছে এবং তিনি বলেন, "দরিদ্র জন্য একটি দরিদ্র চার্চ" চায় হয়েছে.

76 বছর বয়েসী পরে স্বার্থপর "লাভ" এর বিরুদ্ধে বৃহত্তর "সামাজিক ন্যায়বিচার" জন্য বেকারত্ব যুদ্ধ রাজনীতিবিদদের প্রতি আহ্বান জানান এবং কলিং, সেন্ট পিটার এর স্কয়ার মধ্যে অনুসরণকারীদের হাজার হাজার বক্তৃতা করেন.

"আমি শ্রম বাজার পুনরায় লঞ্চ করবেন যথাসাধ্য চেষ্টা করতে রাজনীতিবিদদের উপর কল," তিনি তার চিরাচরিত সাপ্তাহিক ঠিকানা বলেন.

"কাজ মর্যাদা জন্য মৌলিক হয়," তিনি বলেন,.

ইউরোপ প্রদাহমূলক বেকারত্ব সঙ্কটের আপাত রেফারেন্স - তিনি বলেন, "বিভিন্ন দেশে শ্রম বাজার অসুবিধা" এর বক্তৃতা করেন.

বেকারত্ব প্রায়ই দ্বারা ঘটিত হয় "সামাজিক ন্যায়বিচার সীমার বাইরে স্বার্থপর লাভের উপর ভিত্তি করে সমাজের একটি অর্থনৈতিক ধারণা," তিনি বলেন,.

ভ্যাটিকান প্রায়ই বিশ্ব আর্থিক মন্দার সময়, বিশেষ করে সাম্প্রতিক বছরগুলোতে, কর্পোরেশনের অনিয়ন্ত্রিত পুঁজিবাদের রুঢ়ভাবে সমালোচনা হয়েছে.

"আমরা না, ক্ষমতা বা টাকা বা সংস্কৃতি থেকে মর্যাদা পাবেন না! আমরা কাজ থেকে মর্যাদা পেতে," তিনি অনেক রাজনৈতিক ও অর্থনৈতিক ব্যবস্থা "পরশ্রমজীবী মানুষ বলতে চাচ্ছি যে পছন্দ করেছেন যে", যোগ করেন.

Bangladesh prime minister interview in CNN

2013-05-04T21:48:00.000+01:00

CNN'S AMANPOUR

Interview with Bangladesh Prime Minister about Working Conditions There; Obama to Travel to Mexico

Aired May 2, 2013 - 15:00:00 ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN HOST: Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. I'm Christiane Amanpour.

Days of unimaginable horror in Bangladesh:

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

AMANPOUR (voice-over): -- the walls collapsed right on top of workers; bodies were everywhere, trapped under rubble. Hundreds of people were dead. Others were alive but missing limbs. This has been the scene since last week in Sava, Bangladesh, as a poorly constructed garment factory crumbled to the ground.

And today, with the death count at 437, bodies are still being recovered.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

AMANPOUR: Tonight I talk one on one with the leader of that country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, about how this can happen and what's being done to prevent it from happening again.

Authorities quickly found and arrested the building's owner, Sohel Rana (ph), and protesters have taken to the street, calling for his execution.

The 35-year old is a member of the ruling party, the Awami League, and there are deadly serious questions about just how he was allowed to build such a shaky structure. The building was ready to fall apart and everyone seemed to know it, because a local TV station took video of cracks in the walls the night before it collapsed.

Corruption is rampant in Bangladesh's garment industry. Bribes for permits are commonplace and too many elected politicians are also business owners.

This, though, may be a moment of truth for the industry that's worth $19 billion a year, thanks to the Western appetite for cheap fashion and very cheap labor.

Even though this government has raised the minimum wage, a Bangladesh garment worker is among the lowest paid in the world, earning as little as $37 a month.

Pope Francis even called that this week "slave labor." Thirty-seven dollars is about the cost of a sweater that's sold by one of those Western retail stores.

Even as the bodies are being buried and families are grieving, workers are taking to the street to demand better rights.

So where did Bangladesh go wrong?

And what is the West's responsibility?

I'll have an exclusive interview with the prime minister.

But first, a look at other stories we're covering tonight.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

AMANPOUR (voice-over): President Obama travels south of the border, where there is more on his plate than just guns and drugs.

And rising from the ashes after all the horror in Bangladesh, we'll show you a reason to hope.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

AMANPOUR: And we will, in a little bit. But first, my exclusive interview with the woman in charge in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

AMANPOUR: Prime Minister, welcome to the program. And I obviously would like to start by offering sincere condolences for all the lives that were lost in that terrible tragedy.

SHEIKH HASINA, PRIME MINISTER, BANGLADESH: It is a very sad story, really. It's so painful. It's very unbearable.

AMANPOUR: Prime Minister, I hear your pain. And yet I also hear you say -- and you've said -- that 90 percent of these factories in Bangladesh are not up to scratch. There are only 18 inspectors for more than 100,000 factories and these kinds of buildings.

How on Earth can you get a grip on this with that crazy ratio?

HASINA: Before this incident, we adopted the labor law. Already our cabinet passed the labor law. This law will go to the parliament and we'll pass this labor law. And also the labor policy, for the first time, Bangladesh adopted this labor policy. So we are very much concerned about it and we have already taken all these steps.

But you know, in anywhere in the world, any accident can take place. You cannot, you know, predict anything, even in many developed country, we can see. Recently there was a, you know, accident in a fertilizer industry in Texas. So accidents may take place.

But as because this is a goal (ph) industry, and as because they are, you know, buyers and also the investors that are coming, Bangladesh now is a place for good condition for the investment --

(CROSSTALK)

AMANPOUR: Whoa, Prime Minister --

HASINA: -- people are (inaudible) attracted and they're coming here and they are -- yes?

AMANPOUR: Well, Prime Minister, all of that is a threat right now --

(CROSSTALK)

AMANPOUR: I am allowing you, Prime Minister. But when you say we couldn't predict it, of course you could. This factory was shown on television the very night before. There were huge cracks in the walls. The owners said, oh, no; this is just about the plaster. And the very next day the factory collapsed.

So it could have been predicted.

Who does the blame fall on then?

HASINA: Yes, you are very correct. From local administration and the industrial police stopped working in this building and they removed all the labor from the building in the previous night.

But unfortunately, in the morning, the owner of the factory, they put pressure to the labor to enter. But industrial police and the law enforcement agency and the administration, they tried to stop them.

But they said that at night, it didn't collapse, so it is -- the condition is not that bad. (Inaudible) the labor. But even then, the industrial police, time and again, they told them that the labor should not work in this condition. But that moment, the accident took place.

So it is not true that the government hasn't taken any steps. We have taken steps and we tried to prevent them.

AMANPOUR: Surely, then, that needs to be regulated because here's the facts about this man who actually owns that company.

First of all, he was a top member of the ruling Awami party, which is your party. He was the head of the youth league of that.

HASINA: No, it is not true.

AMANPOUR: Well, that is what we're told. He was a youth leader --

HASINA: No, it is not true.

AMANPOUR: -- the youth wing -- you're saying it's not true?

HASINA: No, no, no. Wrong information --

AMANPOUR: All right.

HASINA: -- and I told you that in this building, there are five garment industries, five owners. They put pressure. They sent the labor.

AMANPOUR: OK.

HASINA: It's not the -- only the owner of the building. We arrested him; you know that. We arrested him. We arrested all the owners and the engineer and all the people. We have taken all necessary action. You must consider that ,yes, we have taken all the necessary steps and we arrested them.

AMANPOUR: What will happen to him?

HASINA: And the law will take its own course.

(CROSSTALK)

HASINA: We're not going to, you know, say to him, no. The criminal is criminal. They will get all, you know, we brought to go -- so they will get all the necessary action.

AMANPOUR: All right. So you --

HASINA: (Inaudible).

AMANPOUR: -- you say that he's a criminal and the law will --

HASINA: This is our promise to the people.

AMANPOUR: OK. I'm sure they'll be delighted to hear that.

HASINA: Exactly, yes. Of course, we -- already we arrested him. Look, within this short period of time, we have taken action, legal action. We arrested him. We find cases against them. The owners of the building and also owners of the factory -- so our government, we take all necessary steps.

AMANPOUR: The problem is the people have seen this and these promises before. And they don't actually say that they believe he will be fully punished. But of course, we'll wait to see how this case proceeds.

But I want to ask you about the endemic corruption in this regard, because all the reports say that he and his family basically got this building and this property by fairly nefarious means. Then because of their high and intense political connections, people just look the other way; officials don't dare confront him. He built more floors. And this was very unstable.

And furthermore, about 10 percent of members of parliament are direct owners of these kinds of factories and businesses.

Do you not have a rampant corruption problem in this regard?

HASINA: Look, you are going to other point.

AMANPOUR: No, I'm not, Prime Minister.

HASINA: The owner of this building, I told you, in 2005, they grabbed this land and built up this building. That time, the Awami was not in power. You should mind that. You should know that. And the businesses and factory owned by people, they are the business people. Any business person, if they commit any kind of crime, our government always takes action.

We are here to solve the people, not to put in the corrupt people, at least not our government. That I can ensure (sic) you.

AMANPOUR: All right. Well, people will be very happy to hear that because, even last year, the U.S. ambassador to Bangladesh said the following:

"These developments could coalesce into a perfect storm that could threaten the Bangladesh brand in America."

I point this out because I want to know whether you're worried about retailers walking away from what is a huge industry for you.

Already Disney, which is one of the world's biggest, if not the world's biggest licenser, has said no more product from Bangladesh.

Canada is reconsidering its favorable trade status with you.

The E.U. is considering penalties and it is your largest trading partner.

This is now going to become a major economic crisis for you.

Do you agree?

AMANPOUR: About -- ?

HASINA: You are wrong. Even nobody knew. Listen, nobody knew that he was a labor leader. Nobody knew in this country that he was a labor leader.

He was killed or something happened. His dead body was recovered after four days by our law enforcement. It is his. It was our law enforcement, it is our police. Police recovered his dead body.

We didn't know that he was a union, you know, leader or anything. But we have (inaudible) for them.

Now the case is under investigation.

We feel our responsibility. So this blame game should not be there.

AMANPOUR: All right. Well, you know what, you say we don't know about it, but the secretary of state of the United States of America comes to Bangladesh and asks your government to investigate. All right. Now you've talked about that and you say that you care for your people and your workers.

HASINA: It -- the investigation is going on.

AMANPOUR: OK.

HASINA: Listen, listen, the investigation is going on.

AMANPOUR: I guess I want to know whether you feel that Bangladesh, your government, other governments, should now be more careful about labor, should allow them to organize so these kinds of terrible things don't happen again.

And I want to ask you, in that regard, what your reaction is to what the pope himself said yesterday, publicly.

He said, "Not paying a just wage, not providing work, focusing exclusively on the balance books, on financial statements, only looking at making personal profit, that goes against God."

And he called the Bangladesh labor force "slave labor." That is the pope saying that.

What is your reaction to that?

HASINA: On behalf of our labor, I myself sometimes bargain with the owner so that our labor can get good salary and good condition.

And from our government, we have already passed one project to build up dormitories and hostels for our labor. We ensure there are health care and other facilities. So in our country, yes, it's a poor country. People come to work.

But our government -- I can't say about other governments. But I can tell you about my government. We are always in favor of labor and there better conditions should be ensured. And we are always considered that.

AMANPOUR: Prime Minister, there does seem to be a tremendous lack of transparency. And I say this because CNN has not been allowed to come into Bangladesh to report all of this. And frankly, to see all the things that you're saying, it would be good if we were allowed to do that. And nor are other international news organizations either. Your authority --

(CROSSTALK)

HASINA: I'm sorry; CNN was not allowed to come to Bangladesh?

AMANPOUR: No. No, and I would ask you right now please to change that.

HASINA: No. What did you say?

AMANPOUR: I did say that. CNN is not allowed to come to cover this story --

HASINA: No. I'm sorry.

AMANPOUR: No, ma'am --

HASINA: What did you say?

AMANPOUR: I said CNN and other international organizations have not been allowed to come to Bangladesh as journalists to cover this story. They have put very draconian conditions on (inaudible) --

HASINA: No, it is not true.

AMANPOUR: It is true.

HASINA: No, no, no.

AMANPOUR: Yes, yes, it is true.

HASINA: No, no, Bangladesh is a free country.

AMANPOUR: Ah. We were told that.

HASINA: No, listen, in our country, we have private television.

No, tell me one thing. If it is prevented, then why I am talking to you?

AMANPOUR: No, because I'm not there.

(CROSSTALK)

HASINA: (Inaudible) to talk to you.

AMANPOUR: Prime Minister, I'm not there.

HASINA: If we -- if we prevent you -- no, no. If we prevent CNN, then why I am talking to? (Inaudible). You were stopped; you don't publish it. If you mean that, that we didn't allow CNN to come to Bangladesh, then you should not publish my interview.

AMANPOUR: Well, I'll tell you what, our CNN authorities and our journalists have been told that they must sign waivers, sign papers -- and I'll read you what they've been told.

These officials say they have the right to review, confiscate (inaudible) --

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HASINA: Listen any country, if you enter -- no, let us start -- no. I don't know about it. But yes, of course, there are some rules and regulations. Each and every country they have these rules and regulation. And everybody should follow that.

We lost our people. I do politics for these people, this labor, so each and every life is very precious to me. And I personally feel sorry for them, that who lost their nearest and dearest one. And they are my responsibility. So I have to look after them.

And we are doing it.

AMANPOUR: Prime Minister, thank you very much for joining me.

HASINA: Thank you very much. (END VIDEO CLIP)

AMANPOUR: And of course, we will pursue the prime minister's invitation to send our reporters and camera people to Bangladesh to cover this really vital story.

And just how much would it cost to bring Bangladesh's garment industry up to Western standards? According to the Workers' Rights Consortium, it would mean an investment of $3 billion over five years. That sounds like a lot, but it's only 10 cents more per garment.

And after we take a quick break, President Obama crosses the border to greet his new neighbor Mexico's new president, Enrico Pena Nieto. That's on tap when we come back.

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AMANPOUR: Welcome back to the program.

President Obama has just touched down in Mexico to meet the country's new president, Enrique Pena Nieto, and to focus on vital issues. Now that there is a live picture of Air Force One and the president getting ready to come down those steps. Drugs, guns and immigration are certainly on the agenda. But Mexico is also one of America's largest trading partners with almost $500 billion exchanged each year.

And with more than 11 million Mexicans living in the United States, the two countries are deeply intertwined.

Juan Carlos Lopez covers both countries for CNN en Espanol. I spoke with him moments ago from Mexico City.

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AMANPOUR: Juan Carlos, thanks a lot for joining me from Mexico. This is very exciting; the president meeting his counterpart for the first time as president. Anybody really thinks about drugs and narcotraffic and violence, but Mexico has turned a page, hasn't it?

JUAN CARLOS LOPEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's turned a page. The economy is doing very well and Mexico is looking towards Asia. And it's looking towards other parts of the world. And I think the United States is aware, the U.S. government is aware, President Obama is aware.

That's why his first visit after this new presidency for Latin America is in Mexico; he's been here four times, the same number of times he's been to France. And obviously all the issues you mentioned will come up.

But Mexico understands its importance. And I think it's making the U.S. understand that they can't take Mexico for granted.

AMANPOUR: So Juan Carlos, all that shouting in the background, is that for the president?

LOPEZ: No, no, it's not for the president. There's a pop star staying in the hotel. There's a great deal (sic) of teenagers waiting for him and yelling in front of the hotel.

AMANPOUR: All right. Well, back to substantive issues. Why is this visit important for the United States? Obviously the President of the United States is looking at immigration reform back here. Is this going to help? How will that affect it?

LOPEZ: It's important, I think, what the White House is trying to say is that this a visit to highlight the importance of the economic ties between both countries and how thousands of jobs in the United States depend on the Mexico economy.

Why this argument? It's also being made by the Republicans, like Congressman Paul Ryan, who ran for the vice presidency last year, because they want to show immigration reform as a boost to the economy and a way to boost the American economy and create jobs.

So it would be an argument to counter those who oppose immigration reform and believe that immigration reform will only take jobs away from Americans.

AMANPOUR: And as that excitement for the pop star mounts, why is this important for Mexico's new president, this visit?

What is he trying to tell the world?

LOPEZ: Well, remember Mexico has just under 12 of government by the PAN Party, the conservative party, that had a very tight close relationship with the U.S., unprecedented access in intelligence in the war on drugs. And that has changed since Enrique Pena Nieto won the presidency.

There's a different relationship; the PRI, the party that was in power for seven decades before, losing it to the PAN has a different approach to the relationship, a more nationalistic approach. They don't feel as comfortable with this unprecedented access given to American investigators and American agencies.

So that's changing. The relationship is changing and I think that's going to be an important component of the visit of a meeting they will have for the first time alone with their cabinet members to discuss important issues for both the U.S. and Mexico.

AMANPOUR: Juan Carlos Lopez, thank you very much indeed for joining me.

LOPEZ: My pleasure.

AMANPOUR: And after a break, we'll return to Bangladesh. Earlier we showed you the horrific images from that recent building collapse. But there is another more hopeful face to that troubled country. And we'll bring it to you when we come back.

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AMANPOUR: And finally tonight, just earlier we saw Bangladesh grieving in the wake of a tragic and preventable catastrophe. But imagine a world where Bangladesh is also a symbol of hope.

Back in 1979, the former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger famously labeled the new nation of Bangladesh "a basket case," wracked by storms, famine, a blighted economy and a dysfunctional government.

Today, it remains one of the most densely populated countries on Earth, 164 million people crammed into a nation the size of New York State. But family planning has made people's lives significantly better.

Unlike China, which enacted a one-child-per-family policy, Bangladesh provided free birth control and sent volunteers throughout the country dispensing contraceptives and counseling. And the results are startling.

In the 1970s, the average Bangladeshi woman bore six children. Today, the number has been cut in half, and so has the mortality rate for mothers; 95 percent of all children are being vaccinated. Bangladesh is still poor and overcrowded, but even in the face of unbearable tragedy, there are signs of hope and progress.

And that's it for tonight's program. Meantime, you can always contact us on our website, amanpour.com. Thanks for watching and goodbye from New York.

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Shraddha Kapoor

2013-04-01T02:12:00.000+01:00

বাংলাদেশ এবং শাহবাগ

2013-03-08T22:48:00.000+00:00

আমরা বাংলাদেশী যারা শাহবাগ অবস্থান করছি তারা কি জানি আমরা কি করছি ? নাকি আমরা কোন একটি রাজনৈতিক দলের কাজকে সমর্থন করছি। অথবা আমি একটি ্দলকে সমর্থন করি তাই আমার প্রতিপক্ষ দলকে কোন ঠাসা করতে শাহবাগ অবস্থান করছি। নাকি আমি শুধু আবেগ বশবর্তী হহে এখানে এসেছি। আমি নিজে বলছি আমি রাজাকারদের বিচার চাই। কিন্তু আমি আমাদের দেশের কোন রাজনৈতিক দলের অধিনে তাদের বিচার চাইনা। কেননা, আমাদের প্রধান দুটি রাজনৈতিক দল বিএনপি এবং আওয়ামীলীগ এরা শুধু মাত্র নিজেদের রাজনৈতিক ফায়দা লুটবার জন্য যত ধরনের ব্যবস্থা বা কৌশল অবলম্বন করা যায় তারা তাই করবে, এটাই হল তাদের চারিত্রিক গুণাবলি। দেখলে খুব কষ্ট লাগে যে বিদেশী একটি দেশ আমাদের দেশের আভ্যন্তরীণ বিষয়ে নাগ গালায়। এই দেশটি কি আমাদের বন্ধু রাষ্ট্র, নাকি এই দেশটি আমাদের নিয়ে ফুটবল খেলে।

আন্তর্জাতিক নারী দিবস

2013-03-08T20:34:00.001+00:00

==ইতিহাস==
এই দিবসটি উদযাপনের পেছনে রয়েছে নারী শ্রমিকের অধিকার আদায়ের সংগ্রামের ইতিহাস। ১৮৫৭ খ্রিস্টাব্দে মজুরিবৈষম্য, কর্মঘণ্টা নির্দিষ্ট করা, কাজের অমানবিক পরিবেশের বিরুদ্ধে প্রতিবাদ জানাতে মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের নিউইয়র্কের রাস্তায় নেমেছিলেন সুতা কারখানার নারী শ্রমিকেরা। সেই মিছিলে চলে সরকার লেঠেল বাহিনীর দমন-পীড়ন। ১৯০৮ খ্রিস্টাব্দে নিউইয়র্কের সোশ্যাল ডেমোক্র্যাট নারী সংগঠনের পক্ষ থেকে আয়োজিত নারী সমাবেশে জার্মান সমাজতান্ত্রিক নেত্রী [[ক্লারা জেটকিন|ক্লারা জেটকিনের]] নেতৃত্বে সর্বপ্রথম আন্তর্জাতিক নারী সম্মেলন হলো। ক্লারা ছিলেন জার্মান রাজনীতিবিদ; জার্মান কমিউনিস্ট পার্টির স্থপতিদের একজন। এরপর ১৯১০ খ্রিস্টাব্দে [[ডেনমার্ক|ডেনমার্কের]] কোপেনহেগেনে অনুষ্ঠিত হয় দ্বিতীয় আন্তর্জাতিক নারী সম্মেলন। ১৭টি দেশ থেকে ১০০ জন নারী প্রতিনিধি এতে যোগ দিয়েছিলেন। এ সম্মেলনে ক্লারা প্রতি বৎসর ৮ মার্চকে আন্তর্জাতিক নারী দিবস হিসেবে পালন করার প্রস্তাব দেন। সিদ্ধান্ত হয়ঃ ১৯১১ খ্রিস্টাব্দ থেকে নারীদের সম-অধিকার দিবস হিসেবে দিনটি পালিত হবে। দিবসটি পালনে এগিয়ে আসে বিভিন্ন দেশের সমাজতন্ত্রীরা।
১৯১৪ খ্রিস্টাব্দ থেকে বেশ কয়েকটি দেশে ৮ মার্চ পালিত হতে লাগল। বাংলাদেশেও ১৯৭১ খ্রিস্টাব্দে স্বাধীনতার লাভের পূর্ব থেকেই এই দিবসটি পালিত হতে শুরু করে। অতঃপর ১৯৭৫ সালে খ্রিস্টাব্দে ৮ মার্চকে আন্তর্জাতিক স্বীকৃতি প্রদান করা হয়। দিবসটি পালনের জন্য বিভিন্ন রাষ্ট্রকে আহ্বান জানায় [[জাতিসংঘ]]।এরপর থেকে সারা পৃথিবী জুড়েই পালিত হচ্ছে দিনটি নারীর সমঅধিকার আদায়ের প্রত্যয় পুনর্ব্যক্ত করার অভীপ্সা নিয়ে।

Anushka Sharma

2013-03-05T15:09:00.001+00:00