Also accused of the same charge were former tribal guerilla leader Shantu Larma and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

"It is most unfortunate for the world that sermons of peace are being heard from a man like Henry Kissinger who is infamous for directly instigating repression on the nations and people fighting for freedom," said a joint statement of Pahari Gano Parishad, Hill Women's Federation and Hill Students' Council.

"Repression and oppression still exists," the federation claimed further stating that Sheikh Hasina "undermined" the country's liberation war by receiving award and certificate from Henry Kissinger, who,worked against the nation's independence in 1971 when he was the US Secretary of State.