crimes against humanity

Lawyers yet to get permission to meet Mojaheed, SQ Chy

The lawyers for death row war criminals SQ Chy and Mojaheed are yet to get permission from Dhaka Central Jail authorities to meet their clients.
20 November 2015

Halt execution of Mojaheed, SQ Chy: HRW

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon the government to halt the execution of death row war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
20 November 2015

War trial: SC full verdict on Mojaheed, SQ Chy at central jail

The full verdict of Supreme Court on death row war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury reaches the Dhaka central jail.
19 November 2015

Mojaheed, SQ Chy to hang for war crimes as SC upholds ICT verdict

Supreme Court maintains its previous ruling upholding death penalties for BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami's Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for crimes against humanity during the country's 1971 War of Independence.
18 November 2015

4 charges pressed against Shariatpur war crimes suspects

Prosecution pressed four charges against two war crimes suspects of Shariatpur district for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
16 November 2015

‘Amnesty International does not care about war martyrs’

Sector Commanders’ Forum-Liberation War’71 says the Amnesty International does not care about the martyrs of the liberation war rather it upholds the view of the defence in Bangladesh war crimes trial.
6 November 2015

Mojaheed, SQ Chy’s review plea hearing deferred till Nov 17

The Supreme Court defers till Nov 17 the hearing on the petitions filed by condemned war criminals Mojaheed and Salauddin seeking review of its judgements that upheld death penalties for their crimes against humanity in 1971.
2 November 2015

Charges accepted against 5 Noakhali ‘war criminals’

A tribunal in Dhaka accepts three charges brought against five war crimes suspects from Noakhali.
14 October 2015

War crimes: Condemned Mojaheed, SQ Chy seek review

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and BNP’s Salauddin Quader Chowdhury have sought review of Supreme Court verdicts that upheld their death penalties for war crimes. Mojaheed has filed a 38-page review plea citing 32 grounds while the BNP leader has moved a 108-page petition.
14 October 2015

2 ‘Razakars’ held in Moulvibazar

Police arrest two war crimes accused in Moulvibazar hours after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued arrest warrant for five suspects.
13 October 2015

5 ‘Kishoreganj Razakars’ indicted

International Crimes Tribunal-1 frames seven specific charges against five suspected Razakars for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
12 October 2015

ICT wants charges against 19 Cox’s Bazar ‘war criminals’ by Nov 23

A tribunal has ordered prosecution to submit formal charges against 19 war crime suspects from Cox’s Bazar within November 23.
11 October 2015

Mojaheed hopes 'justice' in verdict review: Family

Condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed hopes that he will get "justice" after he seeks review of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld his death penalty.
9 October 2015

3 Noakhali ‘Razakars’ sent to jail

A tribunal in Dhaka today sent three war crimes accused of Noakhali to jail after police produced them before it.
6 October 2015

Arrest warrant for 5 Noakhali ‘Razakars’

A tribunal in Dhaka issues arrest warrant against five suspected war criminals of Noakhali for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 Liberation War.
5 October 2015

Decision on 5 Kishoreganj 'Razakars' indictment Oct 12

A tribunal in Dhaka fixes October 12 to decide whether it will frame charges against five Kishoreganj ‘Razakars’ for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War.
4 October 2015

Jatiya Party MP, son held over war crimes

Police arrest Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan and his son after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued an arrest warrant against them along with six others over alleged involvement in crimes committed in Mymensingh during the Liberation War in 1971.
1 October 2015

Death warrants issued for SQ Chy, Mojaheed

A war crimes tribunal has issued death warrants for BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed. The warrants will be soon sent to authorities concerned and initiate the process of execution.
1 October 2015

Appeal hearing on Nizami’s death penalty adjourned

The Supreme Court today started hearing on the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging a verdict that had sentenced him to death for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
9 September 2015

War trial: Charges against 9 including ex-MP Shakhawat accepted

Dhaka tribunal accepts war crimes charges against nine including former Jamaat lawmaker Shakhawat Hossain while clearing three accused of the charges.
8 September 2015