International War Crimes Tribunal

SC to hear appeals of war criminals Azharul, Qaisar Jun 18

The Supreme Court fixes June 18 for hearing the appeals filed by war criminals Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam and Jatiya Party leader Syed Mohammad Qaisar challenging the death penalty awarded to them by a war crimes tribunal.

Investigators find war crimes evidence against 5 Mymensingh men

The Investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal finds war crimes evidence against five people from Mymensingh.

Khulna war crimes accused dies in custody

A war crimes accused from Khulna died today in police custody.

LETTER FROM AMERICA / Pakistan incrminates itself for war crimes in Bangladesh

When it comes to Bangladesh, Pakistan practices its own version of Holocaust denial and continues to behave like unrepentant Nazis. Pakistan never admitted to the crimes its soldiers committed against Bangladeshis in 1971.

4 Netrokona war crimes suspects arrested

Police today arrests four war crimes accused of Netrokona, hours after the International Crimes International-1 issued arrest warrant against them for their alleged involvement in war crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

SC fixes Apr 3 for hearing date on Nizami’s review

A chamber judge of the Supreme Court fixes April 3 for hearing a government application filed for setting a date on the hearing of condemned war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami’s review petition.

ICT gives May 3 to press charges on 2 ‘war criminals’

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 tells prosecution to press charges against two alleged war criminals of Habiganj and Kishoreganj by May 3.

Arrest 2 Netrokona ‘Razakars’: ICT

International Crimes Tribunal-1 issues arrest warrant against two accused from Netrokona over crimes committed against humanity during 1971 Liberation War.

Of Pakistan's denials of war crimes and the world's silence

We understand the position of international rights bodies against the death penalty. But why should they remain silent when Pakistan denies its army's role in committing war crimes?

November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015

Ghosts of war crimes past

Four decades is much too long a wait for justice. The ICT was not about revenge, as many would and do simplistically reduce it to — it is about coming to terms with history.

November 12, 2015
November 12, 2015

A National Tribunal for 'International Crimes', Not an 'International Tribunal'

Despite Sayeedi's affirmative defence stance and shift of burden of proof, the Tribunal showed utmost generocity towards the defendant's rights by allowing the defendant to cross-examine all prosecution witnesses.

November 10, 2015
November 10, 2015

Apologise, Bangladesh tells Amnesty

A protest note is sent to Amnesty International through Bangladesh High Commission in London asking them to withdraw their statement against pro-liberation forces and apologise.

November 8, 2015
November 8, 2015

Opinion: AI statement shows political bias

Amnesty International has caused fury and rage in the minds of Bangladeshis with its latest statement in support of two war criminals awaiting death – SQ Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.

November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015

War crimes: SQ Chy’s wife challenges trial of individuals

Condemned war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s wife challenges the constitutional provision that allowed trial of individuals for crimes against humanity during country’s Liberation War.

November 1, 2015
November 1, 2015

SC to hear review pleas of Mojaheed, SQ Chy tomorrow

The Supreme Court is set to hold hearings tomorrow on the review petitions by two condemned war criminals--Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury -- against its verdicts that upheld their death penalty.

October 22, 2015
October 22, 2015

Justice Manik comes under attack in London

Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury, a former Supreme Court judge, comes under attack in London, says his daughter Nadia Choudhury in her Facebook account.

October 14, 2015
October 14, 2015

Charges accepted against 5 Noakhali ‘war criminals’

A tribunal in Dhaka accepts three charges brought against five war crimes suspects from Noakhali.

October 13, 2015
October 13, 2015

2 ‘Razakars’ held in Moulvibazar

Police arrest two war crimes accused in Moulvibazar hours after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued arrest warrant for five suspects.

October 8, 2015
October 8, 2015

Evidence found against 19 Cox’s Bazar war crime suspects

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal claims to have found “sufficient evidence against 19 war crimes accused” from Cox’s Bazar.

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