ঢাকা, মার্চ ২১ (বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম)- একাত্তরের যুদ্ধাপরাধের বিচার ‘ত্বরান্বিত’ করতে আরেকটি ট্রাইব্যুনাল গঠনের প্রজ্ঞাপন বৃহস্পতিবারই হচ্ছে বলে সরকারের শীর্ষ পর্যায়ের একটি সূত্র জানিয়েছে।
প্রথম ট্রাইব্যুনাল গঠনের দুই বছর পর গঠিত হতে যাওয়া দ্বিতীয় ট্রাইব্যুনালে বর্তমান ট্রাইব্যুনালের সদস্য বিচারপতি এ টি এম ফজলে কবীরকে প্রধান করা হচ্ছে।
ওই সূত্র বুধবার বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমকে জানায়, দ্বিতীয় ট্রাইব্যুনালে অন্য দুই সদস্য হচ্ছেন বিচারপতি ওবায়দুল হাসান ও বর্তমান ট্রাইব্যুনালের নিবন্ধক মো. শাহীনুর ইসলাম।
ওই ব্যক্তি বলেন, “বিচারপতি ফজলে কবীরের স্থলে প্রথম ট্রাইব্যুনালে বিচারপতি আনোয়ারুল হককে সদস্য করা হবে।”
২৫ মার্চ …

The defense councelor thinks it is a dangerious practice as the prosecutor applied to accept the interview given to the investigation agency as witness testimony.

To speed up the process of war crime trial, the name for the new tribunal members will be announced very soon announced by Kamrul Islam.

The International Crimes Tribunal Tuesday deferred till March 27 the indictment hearing against BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury MP detained for his alleged involvement with the crimes against humanity.
The tribunal fixed the new date for hearing due to absence of one justice among three of the tribunal.
The tribunal said in verbal order, “We do not want to continue hearing of the charge in absence of one justice though it has no legal bar to hold hearing.”
Later, it fixed March 27 for hearing of the charge framing against the Jamaat leader.
SQ …

The government will announce names of judges of the second war crimes tribunal in “two to three days”.
State minister for law Qamrul Islam told reporters on Tuesday that logistics were almost in place and reiterated that the second tribunal would begin functioning within the month.
The junior minister had come to the International Crimes Tribunal housed on the Old High Court Building premises to inspect progress of the second tribunal that will share the same building.
He told reporters on the steps of the Old High Court, “You will come to know …

The war crimes tribunal adjourned proceedings of a case against Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed until Mar 22 after the prosecution finished reading 109-page formal charge on Tuesday.
The International Crimes Tribunal, set up to deal with crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, saw the prosecution place 32 charges against the Jamaat secretary general proposing to indict him for his role as a leader of the Islami Chhatra Sangha in 1971.
The Chhatra Sangha, the student wing of Jamaat during the war, was mobilised to form the Al …

Says law minister
The government is going to form the second International Crimes Tribunal within this month for quick disposal of war-crimes related cases, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed told The Daily Star yesterday.
The investigation agency and prosecution team, who are dealing with cases at the existing tribunal, would also deal with cases at the new tribunal, he said.
Questions had been raised against the prosecution team’s and investigation agency’s performance and the minister refused to comment on those. The tribunal expressed annoyance on several …

Bangladesh has almost completed investigation against eight more persons in connection with their involvement in war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War.
Apart from the eight, investigations are also going on against 10 to 12 others.
According to highly-placed sources yesterday, the investigation agency will hand over probe reports of the eight to the prosecution soon, but the hearing will not start until the second tribunal starts functioning.
The present International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is already dealing with cases of eight other accused.
The second tribunal is expected to start working within a month …

Motiur Rahman Nizami committed murder, rape, abduction and cospire and command killing of intelectuals in 1971. said by procecution. Tribunal was surprsed to see killing of intelectualls did not come as a formal charge against Nizami.

Dhaka, Mar 14 (bdnews24.com) — Prosecutor Mohammad Ali continued his bumbling act on Wednesday even after being granted an extra day to get his evidences against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla in order at the war crimes tribunal.
The International Crimes Tribunal, set up on Mar 25, 2010 to deal with the crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, however, eventually relieved the prosecutor of his embarrassment that he himself admitted, and fixed Mar 21 for hearing the defence arguments against the indictment …

Prosecutor Mohammad Ali continued his bumbling act on Wednesday even after being granted an extra day to get his evidences against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla in order at the war crimes tribunal.
The International Crimes Tribunal, set up on Mar 25, 2010 to deal with the crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, however, eventually relieved the prosecutor of his embarrassment that he himself admitted, and fixed Mar 21 for hearing the defence arguments against the indictment of the Jamaat Assistant secretary general.
The tribunal also adjourned indictment hearing of …

The ICT tribunal Tuesday rejected all pleas of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury MP detained in the case filed for his alleged involvement with the crimes against humanity.
The tribunal also fixed March 20 for indictment hearing against the BNP leader him as exempt plea of him rejected.
The three-member tribunal headed by its Chairman Justice Nizamul Haq passed the orders.
Two lawyers Fakhrul Islam and Ahsanul Haque stood for SQ Chy during the final hearing of six pleas.
SQ Chowdhury, who is now facing war crimes trial, was arrested earlier on December 16 …