The International Criminal Tribunal has issued arrest warrants against 46 people, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on two charges of genocide in an attempt to suppress the anti-discrimination student movement. last july–Mass of August–The order came after the International Criminal Tribunal started its trial on Thursday morning into the coup-related killings. Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has been there since leaving the post of Prime Minister and fleeing to India on August 5. An arrest warrant has also been issued against his government’s bridge minister and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader. The tribunal ordered to produce the accused before the court by November 18. The chairman of the reconstituted tribunal is Justice Golam Mortuza Majumdar, Two members of the tribunal, Justice Md. Shafiul Alam Mahmud and retired District and Sessions Judge Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury gave the order. At that time, Chief Counsel Mohammad Tajul Islam was on the side of the prosecution, Prosecutor Gazi Monawar Hussain Tamim and BM Sultan Mahmud. News from bdnews.
Sultan Mahmud later said, We have filed two petitions today. In the first, the application for issuance of arrest warrant only against Sheikh Hasina and in the other against 45 people including Obaidul Quader. The tribunal allowed our application and asked us to submit the report by November 18.
The proceedings of the tribunal started at 11.30 am in the temporary tribunal building adjacent to the main building of the tribunal. Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam in the opening speech of the tribunal said 74 people were killed in the BDR rebellion., Killed in custody rally at Shapla Chattar, Extrajudicial killings by RAB, July–Summarized the crimes against humanity during the rule of Awami League, including the August genocide. He also said to take the help of Interpol to bring back the fugitives including Sheikh Hasina.
The Awami League government formed the International Criminal Tribunal in 2010 to try war crimes in 1971. now a student–The interim government has taken the initiative to try the Awami League government’s repression against the people’s movement as genocide in this court. As part of this, the tribunal was reconstituted last Monday with three new judges in charge after replacing prosecutors. The chairman and two members of the tribunal visited the tribunal on the first working day on Tuesday. They started the proceedings on Thursday.
Students during last July 5 to August 5–56 charges of ‘genocide and crimes against humanity’ across the country have been lodged with the tribunal’s investigative agency and the prosecution office amid mass protests.
In addition to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, his government ministers, Member of Parliament, Member of law enforcement, Awami League leaders and activists, Many literary and media workers have been accused in those cases. Prosecution Chief Counsel Mohammad Tajul Islam said, July–Crimes against humanity committed in August, A detailed account of genocide and the simultaneous devolution of a government into a monstrous government, The context of the shooting of unarmed ordinary students was presented in the court. Provisions in the existing laws of Bangladesh and international laws, Following those procedures, this arrest warrant will be executed.
Source: dainikazadi.net
