Op-ed by Mozammel H. Khan in Daily Star, Dhaka, Feb 18 (The writer is the Convenor of the Canadian Committee for Human Rights and Democracy in Bangladesh). Politicians in every democratic society claim to represent the wishes of the people. It is the wishes of the people that become the prime movers of the successful political parties and the leaders who lead them. “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and…
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Dhaka; The NHRC chairman on Monday termed the demand for the amendment of the constitution to disqualify war criminals for presidential clemency as logical. “It is a logical demand from the young generation and Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee,” said Mizanur Rahman, the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Nirmul Committee, works for elimination of the killers and collaborators of 1971, has been demanding amendment to the constitution blocking the president clemency for…
By Shakhawat Liton in Daily Star, Feb 18 Dhaka: In a major development, parliament has passed an amendment empowering the war crimes tribunals to hold trial of any organisation for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. The amendment, a key demand of campaigners for the war crimes trials and the Shahbagh protesters, was made during passage of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973, amendment bill yesterday. The bill also empowered the government, informants…
Dhaka- President Zillur Rahman signed the amended International Crimes Tribunal law on Monday, a day after the parliament passed some major changes in the act. Officials from the Parliament Secretariat went to Bangabhaban for the president’s approval to the law that empowered the tribunals to try various organisations alongside individuals for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War. The amendment, a key demand of campaigners for the war crimes trials and the Shahbagh…