Smiles, whispers, and uneasy silence as 16 former ministers and high officials brought to ICT-1
The prosecution yesterday formally charged 28 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 23 top and mid-ranking current and former army officers, at International Crimes Tribunal-1 in two cases of enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture in the 15 years of her rule.
Those accused in cases filed with the International Crimes Tribunal will not be able to hold or run for public office once formal charges are pressed against them.
Four senior Awami League leaders, including former law minister Anisul Huq and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s former adviser Salman F Rahman, may soon be formally charged with crimes against humanity in connection with the July uprising, according to the prosecution.
The move comes around five months before the country is expected to go to the national election in which OCs will play a key role in maintaining law and order.
A police officer told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday that he was forced by a senior officer to conceal pellet injuries in the inquest report of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who was killed in Rangpur at the beginning of the July uprising.
In a dramatic testimony before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday, former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun said the mass killings during last year’s July uprising were carried out on direct orders of then prime minister Sheikh Hasina and home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
The father of Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University (BRU) in Rangpur who was killed in police firing on July 16 last year, yesterday appealed to the International Crimes Tribunal-2 to ensure justice for his son before his own death.
Smiles, whispers, and uneasy silence as 16 former ministers and high officials brought to ICT-1
The prosecution yesterday formally charged 28 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 23 top and mid-ranking current and former army officers, at International Crimes Tribunal-1 in two cases of enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture in the 15 years of her rule.
Those accused in cases filed with the International Crimes Tribunal will not be able to hold or run for public office once formal charges are pressed against them.
Four senior Awami League leaders, including former law minister Anisul Huq and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s former adviser Salman F Rahman, may soon be formally charged with crimes against humanity in connection with the July uprising, according to the prosecution.
The move comes around five months before the country is expected to go to the national election in which OCs will play a key role in maintaining law and order.
A police officer told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday that he was forced by a senior officer to conceal pellet injuries in the inquest report of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who was killed in Rangpur at the beginning of the July uprising.
In a dramatic testimony before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday, former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun said the mass killings during last year’s July uprising were carried out on direct orders of then prime minister Sheikh Hasina and home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
The father of Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University (BRU) in Rangpur who was killed in police firing on July 16 last year, yesterday appealed to the International Crimes Tribunal-2 to ensure justice for his son before his own death.
In an audio conversation on July 14 last year with then Dhaka University vice-chancellor ASM Maksud Kamal, deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina likened the protesters to “Razakars” and said they would meet the same fate as those executed for 1971 war crimes.
The trial of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two top aides began yesterday at the International Crimes Tribunal-1, with a testimony from the first prosecution witness, a survivor of police atrocities during the 2024 July uprising.
