Trial of war criminals
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Recently, the report that Pakistan has been asked to seek forgiveness for the massacre and genocide they committed in 1971 was published in national dallies. The news came when Pakistani High Commissioner to Bangladesh Mr. Alamgir Babar Khan called on Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni recently. They discussed bilateral matters. At one stage, our foreign minister raised the 1971 genocide issue. Eventually, our electronic and print media started to focus on this issue. Some days back, a Dhaka court summoned 36 war criminals. The media did not make any mistake to give it a huge coverage then. Later, a minister said that this case could hamper the real trial of war criminals. Dr. Dipu Moni should ask the Pakistani authorities to hand over the 195 identified war criminals to Bangladesh for their trial. Because, officially these 195 people are identified as war criminals. They should face trial before others.
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