crimes against humanity

2 war criminals get life until death

A tribunal in Dhaka sentences Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain to life until death on one charge of crimes against humanity committed in Chapainawabganj during the Liberation War in 1971.
20 May 2015

Habiganj war crimes suspect arrested

Police arrest a war crimes suspect of Habiganj, two day after a tribunal in Dhaka issued an arrest warrant against him for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
19 May 2015

Charges pressed against 2 Habiganj 'Razakar'

Prosecution presses four charges against two war crimes suspects of Habiganj for their alleged crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
17 May 2015

Charges accepted against Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr men’

A special tribunal in Dhaka accepts five war crimes charges leveled against eight suspects of Jamalpur, who had links with Al-Badr during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
29 April 2015

Mojaheed verdict: SC starts hearing on appeal

The Supreme Court starts hearing the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed challenging his death sentence for his crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
29 April 2015

Bergman verdict: 23 get more time to reply

Dhaka tribunal gives six more days to 23 people to reply why they should not be punished for contempt of court proceedings for issuing statement against David Bergman's verdict.
23 April 2015

Charges pressed against Jamalpur 'Al-Badr men'

Prosecution presses five charges against eight war crimes suspects of Jamalpur for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
19 April 2015

LIVE: Execution of War Criminal Kamaruzzaman

For the latest developments of execution procedures of death row war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, stay tuned with thedailystar.net
11 April 2015

Kamaruzzaman won’t be hanged tonight

War criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman will not be hanged tonight, authorities of Dhaka Central Jail say.
6 April 2015

Charges against Kamaruzzaman

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 finds Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman guilty on five, out of seven war crimes charges.
6 April 2015

SC upholds Kamaruzzaman’s death penalty

Supreme Court upholds its verdict on Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman rejecting his plea for reviewing death penalty for 1971 war crimes.
6 April 2015

Counsels to meet Kamaruzzaman at Dhaka jail Saturday

Defence lawyers will meet death row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman at Dhaka Central Jail tomorrow morning to get necessary instructions from him about his review petition.
3 April 2015

Palestinians formally join International Criminal Court

The Palestinians have formally joined the International Criminal Court (ICC), a key step towards being able to pursue Israelis for alleged war crimes.
1 April 2015

ICT seeks formal charge against 8 Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr’ men

A tribunal in Dhaka asks prosecution to submit on April 13 the formal charges against eight suspected war criminals for their crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 Liberation War.
30 March 2015

Evidence found against 8 Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr’ men

Investigators have primarily found evidence against eight suspected war criminals of Jamalpur for their alleged crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
24 March 2015

Jamaat lawyer Tajul Islam ‘detained’

Tajul Islam, a top member of the defence team of war crimes accused Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, has been allegedly picked up by law enforcers from his chamber in Dhaka this evening.
5 March 2015

2 war crimes accused held in Cox’s Bazar

Police arrested two persons accused in war crimes case in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar this afternoon.
1 March 2015

Statement on Bergman verdict: Tribunal exonerates 14 dignitaries

A tribunal in Dhaka exonerates 14 dignitaries of contempt proceedings after they apologised for their statements on the Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman’s punishment
23 February 2015

Dhaka tribunal issues death warrant against Jamaat leader Kamaruzzaman in war crimes case

Tribunal in Dhaka issues death warrant against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman in war crimes case
19 February 2015

Jamaat leader Subhan gets death in 3 war crimes charges

Dhaka tribunal hands death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan on three charges for crimes against humanity in Liberation War in 1971
18 February 2015