Int'l Crimes Tribunals
Govt harassing chief defence counsel
Allege pro-BNP lawyers
Some senior pro-BNP lawyers yesterday strongly condemned and protested "harassment" by law enforcers of Abdur Razzaq, the chief of defence counsels of Jamaat leaders being tried for war crimes.
The government is harassing Razzaq through law enforcers so that he cannot discharge his constitutional and professional duties at the tribunals, said Advocate TH Khan.
Former BNP law minister Moudud Ahmed said intelligence personnel were harassing Abdur Razzaq by keeping him under watch.
Irrespective of political affiliations and opinions, every lawyer should stand up for Razzaq, he told a meeting organised in protest of the "harassment" of Razzaq by "general" lawyers at Supreme Court Bar Association.
All lawyers, including Abdur Razzaq, want a fair trial, but questions have been raised at home and abroad about the fairness and standard of the tribunals, he said.
Vice Chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council Khandker Mahbub Hossain said Abdur Razzaq went to the International Crimes Tribunals to discharge his professional duties not to support any offence.
Law enforcers are harassing the defence lawyers to hinder the fairness of the trials, he said.
Former Speaker to Jatiya Sangsad Jamiruddin Sircar said that to place Razzaq under surveillance was to obstruct the administration of justice.
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