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Constable sent to jail over Ashulia massacre

The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday showed police constable Md Mukul Chokder arrested in a case lodged over gunning down six students in Ashulia, Savar, and torching their...

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BDR Carnage: Genocide case filed against Hasina, aides

The families of 22 victims of the 2009 carnage at then Bangladesh Rifles headquarters filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor on Thursday accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her defense adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former army chief Moneen U Ahmed and 55 others of crimes against humanity and genocide...

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Govt owes explanation for failure to arrest accused AL leaders

THE escape of many leaders of the Awami League accused of killing several hundred students and people during the July uprising, who the nation expects to be held to justice, is unacceptable. Such escapes of the perpetrators of the mass murder is an insult to victims and their family. While the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country to India...

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Probes, trials of war crimes cases stalled

Investigations into and trials of 1971 war crimes cases pending with the International Crimes Tribunal have come to a standstill while cases filed on charges of crime against humanity during the July-August...

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800kg turtles seized in Chandpur

The Wildlife Crime Control Unit of the forest department seized 800kg of turtles in an overnight operation in Chandpur on Monday...

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ICT bans publication of Hasina’s hate speech 

The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday asked the government to ban the broadcasting and publication of any ‘hate speech’ or ‘incitement’ allegedly made by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina...

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Revisiting Shahbagh events and July-August uprising

THE Shahbagh movement of 2013 and the recent July-August uprising stand as defining chapters in the evolving narrative of Bangladesh’s socio-political history. The two protests, distinct in origins and goals though, explain interwoven paths of public mobilisation, collective memory and the exercise of state power. The Shahbagh movement emerged from a nation’s quest for justice, its rallying cry demanding the...

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ICT orders production of Amu, Qamrul

The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday directed prison authorities to produce senior Awami League leaders Amir Hossain Amu and Qamrul Islam before the court on December 4...

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Uprising criminal cases should have sound legal footing

THE wholesale filing of cases in connection with murder of and attacks on protesters that took place in July–August and flaws in the filing of the cases stand to harm justice and allow perpetrators to escape unpunished. The police say that more than 2,500 cases have been filed until mid-November in connection with the murders and attacks during the uprising, noting that about 8,000 people have also...

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ICC ready to assist ICT in Bangladesh

The Hague-based International Criminal Court on Wednesday expressed its readiness to assist Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal in its efforts to address alleged mass killings during the July-August period.

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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim AA Khan on Wednesday announced that his office was filing an application to the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC for a warrant of arrest against Myanmar Senior General and acting president Min Aung Hlaing for the ‘crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya’...

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Hefazat files genocide case against Hasina, 49 others

The Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Tuesday filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 49 others of genocide and crimes against humanity during the crackdown on its sit-in at Shapla Chattar in Dhaka on May 5-6, 2013...

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ICC warrant for Netanyahu not enough: Khamenei

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that a war crimes case against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Gaza war was insufficient and that he deserved a ‘death sentence’...

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Netanyahu warrant also indicts US complicity

IT’S official now. America’s closest ally, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the one accorded more than 50 standing ovations in Congress just months ago, is under indictment by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes. America must take note: the US government is complicit in Netanyahu’s war crimes and...

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Toby Cadman appointed ICT special prosecutor adviser

Reputed international law specialist and co-founder of the London-based The Guernica 37 Group, Barrister Toby Cadman has been appointed as a special prosecutor adviser to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh.

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Govt clears ordinance to amend ICT Act

The council of advisers on Wednesday approved the draft of an ordinance to amend the International Crimes (Tribunals) ACT to avoid questions from local and international communities over the trials to be held under the law...

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India to bail long-term prisoners awaiting trial

India’s interior minister has vowed to tackle chronic court backlogs by issuing bail to detainees awaiting trial for non-serious crimes who have completed at least a third of their possible sentence...

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ICT seeks probe report by Dec 19 

The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday asked the investigation agency to conclude in a month its probe into allegations of crimes against humanity brought against eight former high-profile law enforcement officials, including former inspector general of police...

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ICT bill proposes penalties for political parties

The law ministry is going to present the International Crimes Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to the Council of Advisers today, proposing the empowerment of the tribunal to penalise political...

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Submit Hasina case probe report in one month: ICT

The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday gave the chief prosecutor one more month to complete investigations into two complaints of crimes against humanity filed against deposed prime minister...

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Justice for Limon would be step towards police reform

VICTIMS of gross human rights violation in the hands of the law enforcement agencies who were denied justice during the Awami League regime are now coming forward to seek legal redress. This is a first step towards police reforms. Limon Hossain, a victim of attempted extrajudicial killing, lodged a complaint with the International Crime Tribunal against...