Awami League will no way be allowed to hold protests unless it apologises for massacres, corruption and separates itself from its current leadership and its fascist ideology, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said.

Shafiqul Alam wrote these on his Facebook wall on Wednesday following media reports over Awami League’s planned protests in February.

Anyone who dares to hold illegal protests under the AL banner will face action, he wrote.

“Should we allow fascist Awami League to hold protests? The video footage of July and August clearly show the party activists took part in the killings of peaceful protesters who included young students and minor children. The party headed by Sheikh Hasina is responsible for the massacres, murders and mayhem during the July mass uprising,” said the post.

Since it took over in early August, the interim government has not stopped or banned any lawful protests, said the press secretary.

“The interim government believes in freedom of assembly and freedom of association. One report this morning said at least 136 protests took place alone in Dhaka in the past five and a half months. Some of these protests triggered massive traffic congestion. Yet, the government has never imposed any restrictions on the protests,” Shafiqul mentioned.

The interim government represents the will of Bangladeshi people who will react to the protest by the killers, he added.

“We will not allow any attempts to push the country into violence. Anyone who dares to hold illegal protests under the AL banner will face the full power of the law.”

Yesterday, New York-based Human Rights Watch said, quoting officers interviewed by the reputed rights group, that Hasina directly ordered killings and enforced disappearances during the 16 years of her dictatorship, he added.

“She has led a Chortantra (Kleptocracy) and murderous regime. Under her watch, 234 billion dollars were siphoned off by her cronies, according to an independent panel. Her family is now being investigated for making billions of dollars from corrupt deals,” Shafiqul wrote. 

Besides, 3,500 people were victims of enforced disappearances, 3,000 were victims of extrajudicial killings, and protesters were killed at Shapla Chattar, said the post.

“Police became ‘Police League’, and some six million opposition activists faced false cases. Even the country's first Hindu Chief Justice was brutally beaten, forced to resign and sent into exile,” he added.