Mueen-Uddin allegedly linked to crimes during 1970s

Faces death sentence if convicted

One of Britain’s top Muslim activists is facing war crimes charges in Bangladesh.
Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, the director of Muslim spiritual care provision in the NHS and a trustee of the charity Muslim Aid, is accused of involvement in the abduction and murder of ‘intellectuals’ during Bangladesh’s struggle for independence in the 1970s.
Mr Mueen-Uddin has denied any involvement in the crimes he has been allegedly linked with – but faces the death penalty if convicted.

[Accused: Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin (left) meets Prince Charles during …

LONDON: Three noted British journalists will leave for Dhaka on April 7 at the invitation of the Bangladeshi government.
They are—Daily Telegraph`s London Editor Andrew Gilligan, Guardian`s environment Editor John Vidal and freelance journalist on politics and defense Chris Blackburn.
Confirming the matter, press minister of Bangladesh high commission in London Rashed Chowdhury told banglanews, “A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the journos will leave for Dhaka on April 7.”
Meanwhile, Andrew Gilligan confirmed banglanews about his Dhaka visit. He also warmly received an invitation of banglanews Editor-in-Chief Alamgir Hossain for visiting …

[41 years after the declaration of independence, Bangladesh is still failing to seek justice]
Last Monday, 26th March 2012, marked the 41st anniversary of the Bangladesh’s declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971. The country’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina of the ruling Awami League (AL), publicly celebrated the nation’s most anticipated anniversary in Dhaka with much fanfare. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world in Washington DC, the prestigious National Press Club invited Dr Mohammad Nakibur Rahman, the son of the incarcerated Bangladeshi opposition leader, Matiur …

Pakistanis specially journalists welcomed Bangladesh’s initiatives to try 1971 war criminals and urged their government to seek formal apology for their misdeeds.
Three Pakistani journalists and an NGO activist hold the same opinion in exclusive interviews with the news agency on the sidelines of an international conference held in Sri Lanka recently.
“We still feel sorry for the misdeeds of Pakistani forces in 1971,” said Saleem Saikh, a senior journalist of widely circulated newspaper Dawn.
He said a formal apology by the Pakistan government for misdeeds in 1971 could smoothen the way for …

BANGLADESH FINALLY CONFRONTS WAR CRIMES 40 YEARS ON
Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News, Dhaka
Like many other Bengalis, eminent sculptor Ferdousy Priyabhashini is happy to see those accused of mass murder and rape during Bangladesh’s 1971 independence war finally stand trial.
Ms Priyabhashini was 23 at that time, when a group of Pakistani soldiers and their Bangladeshi associates stormed into her house and dragged her away. Her husband and three children watched helplessly as she was bundled into an army jeep.
For seven months, she was repeatedly raped and tortured …

Says int’l expert
Staff Correspondent
Strong political will and people’s participation are imperative to ensure justice in a court, which tries war criminals, an international crimes tribunal expert said yesterday.
“It’s not easy to get justice in a war crimes court. Moreover political determination, people’s participation, necessary evidence are very important”, said Richard J Rogers.
He was speaking at a commemorative meeting titled “International crimes and significance of the war criminals trying process in Bangladesh” at the city’s Liberation War Museum.
Rogers, who was chief of the defence team in the war crimes tribunal in …

While criticism of the ICT is important, its chief critics have dehistoricized the context in which this trial is taking place, and expressed disdain in terms which position Bangladesh as the under-developed, untrustworthy ‘Other’.
Bangladesh’s international war crimes tribunal (ICT) has attracted criticism across the globe, including on openDemocracy. In a healthy environment of debate, criticism of a political process is a useful tool to make the process better.  In fact it is a principle factor of the democratic process and is embedded in the concept of democracy. A policy cannot …

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বাংলানিউজটোয়েন্টিফোর.কম

ঢাকা: পাকিস্তানশাসিত কাশ্মীরভিত্তিক প্রবীণ রাজনীতিক সৈয়দ আলী শাহ গিলানী প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার প্রতি মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধে আটক জামায়াতের সাবেক আমীর গোলাম আযম ও দলটির সব নেতার মুক্তি দাবি করেছেন।
জম্মু ও কাশ্মীরের ইসলামপন্থী রাজনৈতিক জোট অল পার্টিজ হুররিয়াত কনফারেন্সের (এপিএইচসি) চেয়ারম্যান সৈয়দ আলী শাহ গিলানী বলেন, জামায়াত নেতাদের আটক রাজনৈতিক প্রতিহিংসামূলক।
তাদের মুক্তির দাবি জানিয়ে গত মঙ্গলবার বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা বরাবর তিনি চিঠি লেখেন।
বাংলাদেশের ওপর ভারতের কর্তৃত্ব প্রতিষ্ঠা ও হস্তক্ষেপের আশঙ্কা থেকেই ১৯৭১ সালে বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধে জামায়াতে ইসলামী অংশ নেয়নি বলে যুক্তি দিয়েছেন গিলানী।
তিনি বলেছেন, ‘ভারতীয় আধিপত্যের ছায়াতলে বাংলাদেশ রাষ্ট্র …

By David Bergman, Dhaka
On one side, there are the wildly supportive views of the ruling Awami League, which set up the tribunal in March 2010. Even the supposedly independent National Human Rights Council stated, “no other court in the world provides more rights to the war criminals than this one.”
On the other, there is strong criticism from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), two of whose leaders have been detained by the tribunal. The former BNP law minister Moudud Ahmed recently described the trial process as, “an illegal and unconstitutional …

Date: 29 Feb 2012
JI opposed Bangladesh movement due to Indian interference: Geelani

Srinagar: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani Tuesday urged the Bangladeshi government to release Jamat-Islam Professor Ghulam Azam and other Jamat-e-Islami leaders urgently from jails, saying their arrest for alleged war crimes was an act of “political vendetta.”
In a letter to the country’s president, Sheikh Hasina Wajid, Geelani also sought to defend the Jamat’s non-involvement in the Bangladesh movement during the early 70s due to what he termed as “fear of Indian domination and interference.”
“The reason Jamat-e-Islami …

ঢাকা: পাকিস্তানশাসিত কাশ্মীরভিত্তিক প্রবীণ রাজনীতিক সৈয়দ আলী শাহ গিলানী প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার প্রতি মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধে আটক জামায়াতের সাবেক আমীর গোলাম আযম ও দলটির সব নেতার মুক্তি দাবি করেছেন।
জম্মু ও কাশ্মীরের ইসলামপন্থী রাজনৈতিক জোট অল পার্টিজ হুররিয়াত কনফারেন্সের (এপিএইচসি) চেয়ারম্যান সৈয়দ আলী শাহ গিলানী বলেন, জামায়াত নেতাদের আটক রাজনৈতিক প্রতিহিংসামূলক।
তাদের মুক্তির দাবি জানিয়ে গত মঙ্গলবার বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা বরাবর তিনি চিঠি লেখেন।
বাংলাদেশের ওপর ভারতের কর্তৃত্ব প্রতিষ্ঠা ও হস্তক্ষেপের আশঙ্কা থেকেই ১৯৭১ সালে বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধে জামায়াতে ইসলামী অংশ নেয়নি বলে যুক্তি দিয়েছেন …