crimes against humanity

Crimes against Humanity: Myanmar continues to act with impunity

Inertia at the international level has removed pressure on Myanmar and its allies and enabled impunity despite the country’s military being accused of crimes against humanity and genocide, said UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on the rights of the Rohingya in a report published on Tuesday.

If human rights shelved in NKorea talks, look at Myanmar: UN

A United Nations investigator voices concern about human rights being sidelined during US and South Korean talks with North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, warning on Tuesday: look at what happened in Myanmar.

Try Jamaat for crimes against humanity

Experts yesterday called upon the government to ensure trial of Jamaat-e-Islami as an organisation for committing war crimes during the Liberation War.

Myanmar rejects allegations of human rights abuses against Rohingya

Myanmar rejects allegations of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during a crackdown against Rohingya Muslims last year, accusing the United Nations of making exaggerated claims in its report on the issue.

4 Noakhali men indicted for 'war crimes'

A special tribunal in Dhaka frames three charges against four men from Noakhali for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during 1971.

War trial: Death warrant for Quasem reaches Dhaka jail

The death warrant for war criminal Mir Quasem Ali reaches Dhaka Central Jail around half an hour after the international crimes tribunal issued the warrant.

War Crimes 1971 / 3 brothers convicted

The war crimes tribunal yesterday convicted three brothers from Habiganj of crimes against humanity and handed down death penalty to one of them and jail until death to the others.

War crimes: Death for Habiganj man, jail for his 2 brothers

A special tribunal has found three brothers from Habiganj guilty of all the four charges brought against them and handed one death for war crimes. Two of his brothers have been given jail till death.

Verdict on 3 Habiganj war criminal suspects tomorrow

A tribunal in Dhaka is to deliver the verdict tomorrow in a case filed against three Habiganj men over their alleged crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

October 11, 2015
October 11, 2015

ICT wants charges against 19 Cox’s Bazar ‘war criminals’ by Nov 23

A tribunal has ordered prosecution to submit formal charges against 19 war crime suspects from Cox’s Bazar within November 23.

October 9, 2015
October 9, 2015

Mojaheed hopes 'justice' in verdict review: Family

Condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed hopes that he will get "justice" after he seeks review of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld his death penalty.

October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015

3 Noakhali ‘Razakars’ sent to jail

A tribunal in Dhaka today sent three war crimes accused of Noakhali to jail after police produced them before it.

October 5, 2015
October 5, 2015

Arrest warrant for 5 Noakhali ‘Razakars’

A tribunal in Dhaka issues arrest warrant against five suspected war criminals of Noakhali for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 Liberation War.

October 4, 2015
October 4, 2015

Decision on 5 Kishoreganj 'Razakars' indictment Oct 12

A tribunal in Dhaka fixes October 12 to decide whether it will frame charges against five Kishoreganj ‘Razakars’ for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War.

October 1, 2015
October 1, 2015

Jatiya Party MP, son held over war crimes

Police arrest Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan and his son after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued an arrest warrant against them along with six others over alleged involvement in crimes committed in Mymensingh during the Liberation War in 1971.

October 1, 2015
October 1, 2015

Death warrants issued for SQ Chy, Mojaheed

A war crimes tribunal has issued death warrants for BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed. The warrants will be soon sent to authorities concerned and initiate the process of execution.

September 9, 2015
September 9, 2015

Appeal hearing on Nizami’s death penalty adjourned

The Supreme Court today started hearing on the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging a verdict that had sentenced him to death for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

September 8, 2015
September 8, 2015

War trial: Charges against 9 including ex-MP Shakhawat accepted

Dhaka tribunal accepts war crimes charges against nine including former Jamaat lawmaker Shakhawat Hossain while clearing three accused of the charges.

August 11, 2015
August 11, 2015

2 war crimes suspects held in Mymensingh

Police arrest two people in Mymensingh for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War.

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