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Anti-Shahbagh smear campaign continues

A vested interest group is continuing with its propaganda campaign against the spirit of the Shahbagh movement using social media like Facebook and blogs.

Taking advantage of the anonymous nature of the Internet, and the power of graphic and video manipulating software, they have been posting edited pictures of different events and claiming those to be of Shahbagh movement.

They have also been manipulating photos and videos in websites. Most of such posts on Facebook are of women.

They are even trying to prove that Shahbagh demonstrators are receiving money from Indian secret service RAW and that police are committing heinous crimes against religious people.

The propaganda was not just aimed at people to create an anti-Shahbagh stance, but also at governments of other countries. The Daily Star received a lot of alerts from concerned people enquiring what was going on.

In one such manipulated photo, a young woman is seen with a bottle in hand surrounded by young men and she is dancing. The caption claimed that she was the daughter of a famous person and that she was partying at Shahbagh at night.

The photo was allegedly of a new year's party at a city hotel and the photo was published in a Bangla daily in 2010. The picture was manipulated by darkening its background so that it would appear as if it was taken on the street at night.

Another Facebook picture showed a girl covering her face with hands at a public place. The caption claimed that 11 girls were raped in Shahbagh and she was one of them and that those girls were missing.

In reality, no such incident took place.

Another post showed a man exchanging money with some people at Shahbagh. The post claimed that this man was a RAW agent who was busy distributing money among the Shahbagh organisers.

How the person posting the photo knew that it was a RAW agent could not be known.

In another post, a picture of a massive religious congregation was shown as a Friday gathering of Muslim devotees protesting against the “atheist” bloggers of Shahbagh. A careful scrutiny reveals that this was a picture of an Eid congregation that was published in newspapers.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) more than a week earlier had suspended a dozen blogs and some Facebook accounts.

Since one person can create thousands of Facebook pages from anywhere posing as anyone, the cyber propaganda continues.

Giasuddin Ahmed, vice-chairman of BTRC, said, “There are thousands of such pages. With our limited resources, it's not possible to monitor and search all the sites and Facebook accounts.”

He also said if anybody complains specifically against any blog or Facebook account, the commission could take action.

“The BTRC is not monitoring it politically. We are doing our job as per the law. As per law, cybercrime is a punishable offence,” he added.

A wing of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) is also monitoring the social sites, said Lt Col Ziaul Ahsan, director of Rab intelligence wing.

But taking any legal action was a challenging task as it was almost impossible to identify the cyber criminals who use fake identities.

Anti-Shahbagh smear campaign continues
 
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Sleepless at Shahbagh, ears to tribunal

Protesters at Shahbagh have vowed not to fall asleep till the verdict in the war crimes case against Sayedee is delivered today. As hours ticked away last night, people from all walks of life took position at the intersection in solidarity, with the number growing as the night wore on.

“Shahbagh is wide awake; Projonmo Chattar is wide awake. And we will remain awake,” declared Imran H Sarker, convener of Blogger and Online Activist Network that began the protest on February 5 demanding capital punishment to all war criminals.

“Our demonstration will continue till the verdict is given. After the verdict of death sentence, we will celebrate and return home with joy,” Imran told a grand rally at Shapla Chattar in the capital's Motijheel as the Shahbagh movement passed its 23rd day yesterday.

Meanwhile, on the eve of the long-awaited verdict in Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee's case, protesters reoccupied the intersection to press home their demand.

Spirited protesters chanted anti-******* slogans, demanding that Sayedee is handed down a death sentence.

It was the verdict of a life sentence given to Jamaat leader Quader Mollah that brought the youths to the streets. They demand nothing but the death sentence to war criminals for their atrocious crimes against humanity in 1971. As the country awaits another verdict today, all eyes are towards Shahbagh and the court.

“We want to tell the tribunal that since we began our movement on February 5, we did not exert any undue pressure on you. We have only asked that you continue your work in your own way, impartially,” Imran told the Motijheel rally.

He urged the tribunal members not to be afraid of the anarchy and violence by Jamaat-Shibir.

“We strongly believe that nothing but a death sentence is punishment enough for the crimes committed in 1971,” said Imran, “Please respect people's demand.”

He also called upon people to resist today's hartal and continue their routine activities as they had done on the three previous shutdowns called by Jamaat and its allies.

Protesters will bring out an anti-hartal procession from Shahbagh at 10:00am today.

On February 21, the organisers wrapped up the nonstop protests and announced a series of countrywide programmes, including grand rallies at different points in and outside Dhaka. They also declared that protesters would return to the intersection 24 hours before a war crimes verdict.

Ever since the protest began, the otherwise busy Shahbagh throbbed with the spirit of resistance amid swelling public anger at the impunity the war criminals and Jamaat-Shibir enjoyed over the last 42 years.

Yesterday, people started to flock to the protest venue, Motijheel, long before the rally began at 3:00pm. Motijheel being a commercial area, many were seen to join the protest in office dress. Hundreds of service holders left their offices to take to the streets and then cheered to the demands of the protesters.

Many shops, financial institutions and businesses shut themselves down at their peak hours in a rare gesture of solidarity.

“The shops and businesses were all closed in 1971. Why can't we close our businesses for a few hours today to show our support for the movement of the youths?” said a businessman.

Responding to BNP leader Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's comment that the youths should be more loving, Imran said: “We have plenty of love. The youth of today has no shortage of love. But this love is for the people of this country, for the freedom fighters, for the martyrs of the Liberation War.

“There is no question of having love for the war criminals. We have nothing but hate for them. We condemn such comments.”

He also castigated the political leaders who still had friendly relations with some war criminals.

Criticising a remark by BNP lawmaker Nilufar Chowdhury Moni on TV that not 30 lakh people were killed during the war, Imran said, “She [Nilufar] has distorted the history of our Liberation War. I want to request the government to make a law that would cancel the parliament membership of an MP who attempts to distort the history of the Liberation War.”

He also urged people to boycott all institutions of Jamaat-Shibir and called upon the owners of media outlets to reject advertisements of those companies.

Local MP Rashed Khan Menon, different political and cultural activists, among others, joined the rally.

After the rally ended around 6:00pm, protesters brought out a procession and marched towards Shahbagh to reoccupy the Projonmo Chattar.

Several hundred protesters were chanting fiery slogans demanding death penalty to Sayedee and other war criminals early hours today.

Sleepless at Shahbagh, ears to tribunal
 
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Why not a single baton charge/lathi charge against all these fascists clamouring for 'human sacrifice' in public square to satisfy their Kolikatan Dadababus' deities?

Any protests - whether political or nonpolitical - has been met with brutal force from the AWAMI-politicized police (which also happens to include a large number of members of a certain community appointed due to their party affiliation). Even a certain Dr Anu Muhammad was bloodied by the police because he protested against BAL's policy on natural resources in the public space.

Why not a single instance of AWAMI-police initiated violence against these 'protesters', yet Muslims all around the country protested in much larger numbers, only to be shot at and killed?
 
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Why not a single baton charge/lathi charge against all these fascists clamouring for 'human sacrifice' in public square to satisfy their Kolikatan Dadababus' deities?

Any protests - whether political or nonpolitical - has been met with brutal force from the AWAMI-politicized police (which also happens to include a large number of members of a certain community appointed due to their party affiliation). Even a certain Dr Anu Muhammad was bloodied by the police because he protested against BAL's policy on natural resources in the public space.

Why not a single instance of AWAMI-police initiated violence against these 'protesters', yet Muslims all around the country protested in much larger numbers, only to be shot at and killed?

you mean the the photoshop mullahs....!!
 
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Tumi ek bottle coca cola na khele cola company bondho hoye jabe na. :cheesy:

True. But atleast he is doing something. Tumi ki korso?

Islami Bank Jamat ke fund kore. Ar keu kichhu na korleo shadharon manush atleast Islami bank ke boycott korte pare. Ar shetai hobe. The time of Jamat is over.

you mean the the photoshop mullahs....!!

I think I'll use them to make a banner for my company website. . :cheesy:
 
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Amader desh er shikrito juddhaporadhider bichar korle jodi karo ga jole ar amader ke boycott kore, so be it! The war criminals didn't kill and rape people from middle-east right? Ora ki bujhbe amader jontrona?
They are not against tribunal, they are against the idea of oppression. want some cola? :dance3:

:cry:hindu bharothi pain!

:nono: i wnt war criminals to b punished too
 
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Lol none is anonymous in interweb, like I told you guys before. So hold your horses, remember you're responsible for what you say in your online life just as you are responsible for your what you say in your real life. So stop gloating over murders, stop calling people wajb-ul-katl and what not. They will need to ask the ISPs to know the traffic of this website.

This forum can be very useful for BD govt in propaganda purpose, since this site frequented by some very shady characters and threads here don't reflect the realty or atleast reflect the view point of those whom common Bangladeshis consider supporters of war criminals.

Remember your freedom ends where my nose begins.
 
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They are not against tribunal, they are against the idea of oppression. want some cola? :dance3:



:nono: i wnt war criminals to b punished too

as do i, but no mob justice but with due process. His sympathy comes from his hindu bharath matha agenda.
 
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Islami Bank Jamat ke fund kore. Ar keu kichhu na korleo shadharon manush atleast Islami bank ke boycott korte pare. Ar shetai hobe. The time of Jamat is over.

Islam bank is for Imandar only. Beiman bedeen were never their customers. As a matter of fact, Islamic bank doesn't welcome bedeen and beiman.
 
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Islam bank is for Imandar only. Beiman bedeen were never their customers. As a matter of fact, Islamic bank doesn't welcome bedeen and beiman.

Here comes our Imandar beiman calculator :omghaha:
as do i, but no mob justice but with due process. His sympathy comes from his hindu bharath matha agenda.

Highly generalizing but ok :P
 
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Islam bank is for Imandar only. Beiman bedeen were never their customers. As a matter of fact, Islamic bank doesn't welcome bedeen and beiman.

So Islami Bank shouldn't bother about the boycott call right? ISlami Bank e shob imandar ra thakle karo e toh boycott korar kotha na.

I love you Al-zakir! :smitten:

@WebMaster, with all due respect, why are you deleting my messages? Did i make personal attacks regarding someone's religion or nationality?
 
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