Today is the 38th death anniversary of former president Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, said a press release. Justice Chowdhury, also a former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, played a leading role in mobilising world opinion in favour of Bangladesh during the Liberation War. He was also elected chairman of UN Human Rights Commission in 1985. He authored four books – “Probashe Muktijuddher Dinguli”, “Manobadhikar”, “Muslim Family Law in the English Courts”, and “Human Rights in the Twentieth Century”. On the occasion of his death anniversary, Qurankhwani and a milad mahfil will be held at Nagbari Jame Mosque in Tangail.