Pro-Jamaat lawyers protest tribunal's decision
Pro-Jamaat-e-Islami lawyers yesterday protested the order of International Crimes Tribunal that sent former Jamaat chief Ghulam Azam to jail in connection with charges of crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971.
The lawyers, under the banner of Islamic Lawyers' Council, held a protest rally in front of the office building of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday afternoon. Earlier on the day, they gathered on the tribunal premises during its proceedings against Ghulam Azam.
Nazrul Islam, the council's senior vice-president, said they have become victims of state terrorism and torture.
The council's Dhaka unit president Abdur Razzaq said the tribunal's order to send Ghulam Azam to jail was not correct.
Its central leader Mashiul Alam said the government is arresting patriots in the name of war crimes trial and the country's independence will not sustain if they are convicted.
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