War Crimes

War crimes: SC verdict on ATM Azharul’s plea against death penalty tomorrow

The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict tomorrow on the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam against the death penalty handed to him by a war crimes tribunal.

War Crimes in Netrakona: 'Pack of wolves' gets death

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday sentenced five Netrakona men, including a local Awami League leader, to death for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

Govt to try Jamaat for war crimes

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government would take an initiative to amend the relevant law again to try and punish Jamaat-e-Islami as an organisation for committing war crimes during the Liberation War.

1971 War Crimes: BNP leader arrested in Habiganj

Law enforcers arrested a BNP leader in Habiganj town yesterday, hours after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued an arrest warrant against him in a war crimes case.

War Crimes: Verdict on 4 Noakhali ‘Razakars’ tomorrow

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver the verdict tomorrow in a case filed against four men from Noakhali for their alleged involvement in crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War.

War crimes evidence found against 11 Khulna men

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal today claimed they found evidence against 11 Khulna men involved in war crimes of 1971.

7 war crimes suspects sued in Jessore

A case has been filed against seven people of Bagharpara upazila for their alleged involvement in war crimes during the liberation war in 1971.

Ex-Jamaat MP, 5 other Gaibandha war criminals get death

A special tribunal in Dhaka hands death penalty to six people from Gaibandha, including a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker, for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

Widow of Meherpur martyred freedom fighter sues ‘Razakar’ for war crimes

Widow of a martyred freedom fighter in Meherpur files a case against a “local Razakar” for his alleged involvement in abduction and killing of her husband during the Liberation War in 1971.

May 9, 2016
May 9, 2016

ICT indicts 2 Kishoreganj men

A tribunal in Dhaka frames six charges against two persons of Kishoreganj for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016

Family meets Nizami at Kashimpur jail

Family members meet condemned war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur. Seven members of Nizami’s family entered into the jail around 11:30am, says Nasir Ahmed, jailor of Kashimpur High Security Central Jail part-2.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

SC scraps Nizami’s review plea, upholds death

Supreme Court upholds death penalty awarded to war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami for his wartime crimes, dismissing his review plea against the gallows.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

Security beefed on SC premises ahead of Nizami’s review plea verdict

The government beefed up security in the Supreme Court area this morning ahead of the verdict on war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami’s petition seeking review of the SC judgement that upheld his death penalty for wartime crimes.

May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016

Baseless, BNP’s Faruk says on anti-liberation allegations

BNP chairperson’s adviser Osman Faruk has denied allegations of anti-liberation role, terming those “totally false and baseless”.

May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016

Charges pressed against 2 ‘war criminals’

The prosecution presses seven specific charges against two men including a former leader of Habiganj Awami League for their alleged involved in crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016

Prosecution dedicates Kishoreganj Razakars’ verdict to Jahanara Imam

The prosecution has dedicates a war crimes tribunal’s verdict, which handed death to four Kishoreganj Razakars, to Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam.

May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016

War crimes: Charges framed against 2 Shariatpur men

A special tribunal has framed 4 charges against two Shariatpur men for allegedly committing crimes during the Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.

May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016

Verdict on 5 Kishoreganj ‘Razakars’ tomorrow

A special tribunal will deliver the verdict tomorrow in a case against five Kishoreganj persons, accused of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

April 13, 2016
April 13, 2016

War crimes: 4 Netrokona men sent to jail

A special war crimes tribunal sends 4 Netrokona men to jail, a day after police arrested them in a war crimes case following the court’s arrest warrant.

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