Bangladesh War Crime files
Source: UK Channel 4 Dispatches. Following is a documentary created by UK Channel 4 on War crimes in Bangladesh in 1971 .
Dhaka: Islami Bank seeks help from central bank
Source: BDNews24. Islami Bank has sought assistance from the Bangladesh Bank as it has plunged into a massive crisis in the wake of calls by activists of the Shahbagh movement to severe relations with any institution having links with war criminals. The call by the activists drew huge response with […]
Is Bangladesh’s Shahbag the Next Tahrir Square?
Source: The World Policy Blog By Nayma Qayum During the past week, thousands of Bangladeshis have gathered at Shahbag, a neighborhood in Dhaka, demanding justice for the war crimes of 1971. The protests emerged after an international tribunal sentenced Abdul Qader Mollah, assistant secretary general of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami […]
Azam asked followers to aid Pakistanis
Source: BD News 24 Jamaat-e-Islami guru Ghulam Azam had ‘asked his followers to assist the Pakistani Army’ across Bangladesh during the Liberation War, a war crimes tribunal heard on Wednesday. Prosecutor Sultan Mahmud also explained to the tribunal that the former Jamaat chief had instructed ‘patriots’ to resist and destroy […]
Rallying in Shahbagh Square, Young Bangladesh Finds Its Voice
Source: Time Magazine. By Jason Motlagh / Dhaka A young girl’s call pierces through the din of the packed square. Like the macabre billboards that loom above featuring bearded old men in nooses, and the blood red headbands worn by scores of participants, her demands are direct and full-throated: “Hang […]
Bangladesh Parliament changes ICT law to try Jamaat
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, […]
Bangladesh War Crime Trial: The Surprise Second Verdict – Analysis
Source: IDSA/ Euroasiaview. By IDSA — (February 15, 2013) By Smruti S. Pattanaik The verdict against Abdul Quadir Molla by the War Crime Tribunal 2, which sentenced him to life, came as a surprise to many given the graveness of his crime. The tribunal found him guilty on five counts […]
Who is Who in 1971 War Crime Trial
Source: The Daily Star. The following infographics is courtesy of Daily Star.
Dhaka: Shahbagh grand rally demands ban on Jamaat
Source: The Daily Star Protesters from the Shahbagh grand rally on Friday afternoon demanded death penalty for all war criminals including Abdul Quader Mollah and a ban on the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami and Shibir. Lakhs of protesters demand death penalty to all war criminals including Jamaat leader Quader Mollah at […]
Thousands join Shahbagh sit-in
Source: The Daily Star By Sushmita S Preetha Forty-two years after the Liberation War, sentiments of liberation were rekindled as thousands yesterday refused to leave the street and go home until their demand for capital punishment for war criminals were met. The spontaneous agitation began on Tuesday afternoon shortly after a […]
Mollah gets life term for war crimes
Source: The Daily Star. International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday sentenced Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah to life term imprisonment for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. Tribunal Chairman Justice Obaidul Hassan came up with the judgement after the summary of the 132-page verdict was read […]
Section 144 imposed in Rajshahi, Jamaati hartal fails
Source: Niti Central Bangladesh’s Rajshahi district was on security alert after Jamaat-e-Islami activists warned of more political violence on Wednesday if the Government failed to release war crime suspects. The Rajshahi Metropolitan Police imposed section 144 on Tuesday night in four sections of the city, after Jamaati and Islami Chhatra […]
Bangladesh cleric Abul Kalam Azad sentenced to die for war crimes
Source: BBC News A court in Bangladesh has sentenced a well-known Muslim cleric to death for crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence war. Abul Kalam Azad’s conviction is the first verdict handed down by the controversial tribunal. The cleric, a presenter of Islamic programmes on television, shot dead […]
The trial of the birth of a nation
Source: The Economist BANGLADESH suffered a violent birth. In the last days of 1971 the country then called East Pakistan was engulfed by torture, rape, mass-killing and other acts of genocide. The main perpetrators were Pakistani troops bent on preventing secession from “West Pakistan”. But the army had the support […]
Bangladesh police arrest top Jamaat-e-Islami official for war crimes
Source: Jurist.Org Police in Bangladesh arrested a top member of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) [official website; GlobalSecurity backgrounder] on Wednesday after a war crimes court ordered his arrest hours earlier. The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) [Facebook page] issued a warrant for the arrest of ATM Azharul Islam and ordered police […]
BNP out to scuttle war crimes trial, PM threatens litigation
Source: The Daily Star. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday again issued a note of warning in parliament, saying her government would take “legal action” against those who were trying to impede the trial of crimes against humanity which took place during the 1971 Liberation War. The premier also urged the […]
Coup attempt linked to 1971 War Crimes: Bangladesh envoy
IBNLive Bangladesh High Commissioner Tareq Karim accused the Bangaldesh Opposition of being involved in the coup attempt against the Sheikh Hasina government.http://ibnlive.com/livetv.
Ghulam Azam sent to Jail for War Crime
Source: Daily Star Forty years after war of independence of Bangladesh, former Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Ghulam Azam was sent to jail yesterday on charges of committing crimes against humanity and peace, genocide and war crimes in 1971. Read more.