SCBA demands withdrawal of contempt charges against HRW

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday demanded that the government withdraw the contempt of court petition filed against the Human Rights Watch.
The prosecution on Tuesday filed the petition with the International Crimes Tribunal-1 against the New York-based rights body.
The rights body claimed the trial of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam at the tribunal had been “deeply flawed” and “it had not met the international standards.”
The SCBA leaders at its executive committee meeting also demanded withdrawal of the amendmentt to the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006. SCBA President AJ Mohammad Ali and Secretary Mahbub Uddin Khokon also spoke.