Staff Reporter:
Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) yesterday held a views exchange meeting with the stakeholders regarding reform of the constitution at cabinet room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in the capital.
Representatives from civil society including 16 different rights groups attended the meeting, an official release said yesterday.
One minute silence was observed at the start of the meeting in memory of the martyrs’ of the recent stu-dent-people mass upsurge of July and August.
A total of 31 representatives from Bangladesh Adibasi Forum, Association for Land Reform in Bangla-desh, Bangladesh National Women Lawyers’ Association, River and Delta Research Centre, Women with Disabilities Development Foundation, Campaign for Popular Education, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers’ Association, Naripokkho, Bangladesh Islamic Law Research and Legal Aid Centre, Human Rights Support Society, Ain o Salish Kendra, Change Initiative, Banchte Shekha, Consumers Associa-tion of Bangladesh, Hindu Dhormio Kollan Trust, and Bangladesh Intellectual Movement attended the meeting, among others.
Presided over by commission chairman Professor Ali Riaz, CRC members Prof Sumaiya Khayer, Barris-ter Imran Siddique, Prof Muhammad Ekramul Haque, Dr Sharif Bhuiyan, Barrister M Moin Alam Ferozi and Firoz Ahmed attended the meeting.
The commission is scheduled to hold similar meeting with different personalities and organizations in the next few days.