A strange country!
Kazi Faruque's organization Proshika worked well on poverty alleviation and social developments through decades. Proshika had been active against fundamentalist powers that oppose the spread of liberal modernization and consciousness that the NGOs advocate. NGOs create awareness against dowry and early marriages among people in the rural areas and they are against all kinds of discriminations in the name of religion. I guess good things and good people do not last long in this country. That's why Kazi Faruque is behind the bars today. And the people, who once used to praise the man, are now accusing him of being a corrupt seditionist. Is it really a crime to support a political party in a liberal country like Bangladesh? And why wasn't he accused when the Awami League government was in power? Is it because he supported that party, and the present government is harassing him not because he has done something wrong, but because of the fact that he supported their rival? It's really a strange country.
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