Author Archives: Syeed Ahamed

About Syeed Ahamed

The author is an Australia-based public policy analyst.

Abusing the War Crimes Trial

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Syeed Ahamed

1. We have witnessed how political exploitation hindered the earlier process of war crimes trial. Over the last four decades, politicisation has been used to embed a division within the society for personal and partisan political benefits. This article reviews … Continue reading →

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Trials and Errors

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Syeed Ahamed

Over many years, public discourse on war crimes and its trial since 1971 seems to have generated many errors, and facts are often ignored or forgotten. This piece attempts to provide a set of facts. From the onset, two independent trial processes were established for the Pakistani and local war criminals under separate laws. Continue reading →

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The Curious Case of the 195 War Criminals

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Syeed Ahamed

As soon as the trial of war criminals began, questions were raised from different quarters as to how and why the 195 Pakistani soldiers were released in 1974 without any trial. It has also been argued that those 195 Pakistanis were the main war criminals and their release questions the merit of the current trial process. This article investigates the news reports that were published in international media from December 16, 1971 to April 15, 1974 to understand how and why those 195 Pakistanis were accused and released [..] Continue reading →

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