B’desh: 22 appeals of 1971 war criminals pending
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By Sumi Khan
Dhaka, Dec 17 (IANS) Two International Crimes Tribunals (ICT) of Bangladesh has so far delivered verdicts in 41 cases filed in connection with crimes against humanity committed during the liberation war in 1971.
After the verdicts, 39 appeals have been filed with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Among those 22 appeals of the death sentenced convicted are pending due to Covid-19 pandemic, Zed Al Malum, Prosecutor (Admin) of ICT of Bangladesh, told IANS on Wednesday.
There is no provision to dispose the appeals virtually. Therefore, the review of the appeals is totally uncertain for the pandemic situation as it is not mandatory to review anytime, he said.
B desh: 22 appeals of 1971 war criminals pending
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Dhaka, Dec 17 : Two International Crimes Tribunals (ICT) of Bangladesh has so far delivered verdicts in 41 cases filed in connection with crimes against humanity committed during the liberation war in 1971.
After the verdicts, 39 appeals have been filed with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Among those 22 appeals of the death sentenced convicted are pending due to Covid-19 pandemic, Zed Al Malum, Prosecutor (Admin) of ICT of Bangladesh, told IANS on Wednesday.
There is no provision to dispose the appeals virtually. Therefore, the review of the appeals is totally uncertain for the pandemic situation as it is not mandatory to review anytime, he said.
Now, the newly-appointed attorney general, AM Amin Uddin, said he will take initiative for hearing the appeals. I will inquire about the war-crime appeals pending with the Appellate Division. If they are ready for hearing, I will take an initiative in January for their hearing, he told this newspaper.
The last war-crime related appeal hearing took place at the Appellate Division of Supreme Court on December 3, 2019. Convicted war criminal Syed Mohammad Qaisar filed the appeal, challenging the death penalty handed to him by a war-crimes tribunal in 2014.
The Appellate Division has so far disposed of only nine such appeals, including the one Qaisar filed, in the last seven years.