Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami today announced a month-long programme to commemorate the second anniversary of the July uprising.

The programmes were announced by the party's Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar at a press conference held at the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka this afternoon.

The schedule includes meetings with the families of those killed, injured and permanently disabled during the uprising, as well as remembrance events, discussions and prayer programmes at sites associated with the movement in Dhaka from July 2 to 9. On July 16, separate discussion meetings will be organised by the party's Dhaka north and south city units to observe July Martyrs' Day.

From July 18 to 31, similar programmes will be held across the country. Jamaat will also organise processions in metropolitan areas, districts and upazilas on August 1, while its labour wing will hold separate programmes from August 2 to 4. On August 5, the party will join and support rallies and processions to be organised by the 11-party alliance in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country to mark July Uprising Day.

The party also said its women's wing and student organisation would observe separate programmes to mark the anniversary. It added that Jamaat would participate in programmes organised by various forums of July uprising activists.

Addressing the press conference, Golam Porwar said Jamaat would press demands during the anniversary observance, including expediting the trials of those responsible for the killings during the July uprising and other crimes against humanity, and ensuring justice in the killing of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi.

Also speaking at the press conference were Jamaat Assistant Secretaries General ATM Masum, Abdul Halim and Hamidur Rahman Azad; Dhaka South Ameer Nurul Islam Bulbul; and Dhaka North Ameer Selim Uddin. The event was moderated by Assistant Secretary General Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair.