Source: BD News 24.
The Awami League and its allies on Sunday pushed through Parliament a law incorporating the provision for trying political parties and organisations alongside individuals for 1971 war crimes.
The amended 1973 International Crimes Tribunal Act also arms the government with the right, equal to defendants, to appeal against verdicts by the tribunals for ‘crimes against humanity’ during the War of Independence.
The amendment came in the wake of a protest that continued for the 13th consecutive day on Sunday, rallying tens of thousands of people behind the demand of handing death sentence to war criminals.
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This hurried change in law may weaken the validity of the ICT given that the main opposition coalition boycotted the session.