Capital punishment for the rapists demanded everywhere in Bangladesh

Shamsul Hoque Basunia

Bangladesh now becomes the place of demonstration against  rape and violence to women. Everyday people of all classes come down the streets and raise their voice chanting capital punishment to the rapists and torturers. Political parties like Bangladesh Nationalist party, Jamati Islami, Common students council led by former DUCSU vice president Nurul Hoque Nur take the lead each day. Demonstrations continued for four consecutive days in and around the capital Dhaka. Dhaka becomes the paralyzed mega city due to several processions,rallies and demonstrations. Law enforcers become the useless enforcers.Different political and student organisations, socio-cultural, rights groups and students of different educational institutions across the country continued their protests against rape and violence against women for the fourth consecutive day.The demonstrators protested against the government inaction and the failure of the law enforcement agencies to stop violence against women, involvement of leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League and its front organisations in such offences and the culture of impunity for which such incidents are continuing unabated.Protesters at places demanded the resignation of the home minister for his failure to curb violence and demanded amendment to the law to include the provision of death sentence for rape.