The government has decided to hold the trials of cases filed for the killings during July 2024 mass uprising at speedy trial tribunals.
The government has also formed a committee to ensure smooth and effective prosecution of the cases filed for murders and other serious offences committed during the uprising.
Confirming the development, law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry spokesperson Md Rezaul Karim on Monday said that apart from the cases currently under trial at the International Crimes Tribunal, the July uprising murder cases would be tried at the speedy trial tribunals.
鈥楾he special committee, formed to ensure smooth and efficient prosecution of cases filed over murder and other serious offences, will be headed by an additional secretary of the law and justice division,鈥� he added.
According to the ministry, the committee will collect a comprehensive list of cases filed over murder and other serious offences committed with the intent to suppress the nationwide student and mass movement during the July Uprising, along with the current status of each case.
It will identify any existing challenges in conducting prosecution activities in cases-except those under trial at the ICT-where charge sheets have already been submitted, and will make necessary recommendations to the government to resolve such issues.
The committee will also keep the victim families and the general public periodically informed about the progress of its activities.
Ministry sources said 837 cases have been filed over killings 鈥榗arried out following the orders of the then Awami fascist government鈥� during the July uprising, 45 of which are now under trial at the two ICTs.
鈥業n addition, police have already submitted charge-sheets in 19 murder cases to various criminal courts across the country. It has been decided to send these cases to the Speedy Trial Tribunal for trial under Section 10 of the Speedy Trial Tribunal Act, 2000,鈥� Rezaul Karim further said.
