21.01.2013
rg/dr (AFP, Reuters)
63-year-old cleric Abul Kalam Azad, a former member of Bangladesh’s biggest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and founder of a major Islamic charity, was found guilty Monday of torture, rape and genocide committed during the independence struggle in 1971.
The judges accused him of having collaborated with Pakistani forces in the murder of Hindus, who are a minority in majority-Muslim Bangladesh.
“It’s a historic day for the country. It’s a victory for humanity,” said Attorney General Mahbubey Alam following the trial, which had drawn a large …

February 05, 2013
AFP
Dhaka
A man was burnt to death as riots rocked Dhaka ahead of a verdict on Tuesday against a senior Islamist opposition official accused of genocide during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.   Abdul Quader Molla, 64, assistant secretary general of the

Jamaat-e-Islami party, could be sentenced to death by the controversial International Crimes Tribunal following charges of rape, genocide and murder.
Jamaat announced a nationwide strike on Tuesday after the tribunal on Monday announced the verdict would be delivered the following day. Jamaat warned it would resist at …

04 Feb 2013
Staff Correspondent
banglanews24.com
DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 fixed Tuesday for issuing the verdict in the war crimes case against Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah.

About all television channels broadcasted the news on Monday morning. But tribunal-2 did not declare the date formally.
On January 17, the tribunal led by Obaidul Hasan concluded the proceedings of the case fixing no date and time for the verdict.
The court has kept the case as CAV which means the verdict could be delivered any time.
The defense counsel concluded their arguments placing a …

2013-02-03
Staff Correspondent
The war crimes case against the Jamaat-e-Islami guru has thus far been handled by Prosecutor Zead-Al-Malum who on Sunday stood by to assist Haider Ali.
The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal – 1, set up to try crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, indicted the former Jamaat boss for five war crimes charges including complicity, incitement and abetment on May 13, 2012.
A former brigadier of Bangladesh Army, Abdullahil Amaan Azmi with a 30-year career as an infantryman under his belt appeared …

03 Feb 2013
Chief Law and Staff Correspondents
banglanews24.com
DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 asked Home minister MK Alamgir to explain within February 14 about his recent remarks over its verdict in war crimes cases against two Jamaat leaders.
ICT-2 led by Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order Sunday following a plea of Jamaat counsel Advocate Tajul Islam.
Quoting newspaper reports, Tajul Islam alleged, “In a programme during his recent Egypt visit, Home minister MK Alamgir said the second verdict of war crimes against Quader Molla would be announced …

Jan 28,2013
At least 50 people including policemen were injured in Bangladesh on Monday as Islamist activists protested against the prosecution of their leaders on charges stemming from a war of independence 40 years ago, police and witnesses said.
Protesters set off crude explosives and threw bricks at police who tried to disperse them with teargas, batons and some shots in the air, witnesses said.
“The Islamists vandalised dozens of vehicles and set fire to two buses in Motijheel commercial area and other places in the city,” …

January 28, 2013
Al Hittin
On January 21st, 2013 a Bangladesh tribunal delivered its first verdict, sentencing Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, a Bangladeshi Islamic cleric to death for crimes against humanity.
Azad, who for years presented a widely watched show on Islam on private and state-run television channels, is a former leading light of Bangladesh’s largest opposition Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami.
The 63-year-old TV host has been on the run for about a year. Azad’s death sentence has sparked criticism and condemnation in different other than opposition parties …

2013-01-25

Senior Correspondent

An Election Commissioner said that the EC would not act on its own, adding that ‘the matter will be dealt with’ if the ICT issued an order.
Demand for a ban on Jamaat politics gained momentum after ICT-2 pronounced death verdict for absconding Abul Kalam Azad, aka Bachchu Razakar.

The verdict said in its observation that the party assisted the Pakistani army in their war against unarmed Bangalis by organising armed forces in the name of protecting sovereignty of Pakistan.
However, incumbent Election Commissioner …

23 January 2013
WASHINGTON: The United States urged Bangladesh to hold free and fair trials after a war crimes court sentenced a fugitive TV preacher to death Monday amid allegations the tribunal is politically motivated.
The International Crimes Tribunal, a domestic body with no international oversight, ordered Maolana Abul Kalam Azad to be hanged for genocide and murder during the bloody 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.
“The United States supports bringing to justice those who commit such crimes,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in …

23 Jan 2013
Zakaria Mondol, Political Editor
banglanews24.com
DHAKA: Several international news agencies including, BBC, Reuters, AP and AFP, allegedly tried to prove in their reports that notorious Bangladeshi war criminal Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Rajakar was a ‘great person’.
The BBC in its report published on January 21 termed this cruel war crimes convict as a ‘cleric’.
The news item tilted “Bangladesh cleric Abul Kalam Azad sentenced to die for war crimes” said in its introduction: “A court in Bangladesh has sentenced a well-known Muslim cleric to …

January 21, 2013
Star Online Report
The ICT-2 pronounced its maiden verdict on a crimes against humanity case on Monday awarding death sentence to fugitive and expelled Jamaat member Abul Kalam Azad, also known as Bachchu Razakar.
The nation had to wait for 41 years for this day.
The International Crimes Tribunal-2, set up to try those accused of committing crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971 passed the verdict amid tight security.
ICT-2 Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan earlier read the summary of the 112-page verdict.
The …

January 20, 2013
Star Online Report
The International Crimes Tribunal-2, designed to try the war crimes suspects, will deliver its maiden verdict on Monday with the judgement of expelled Jamaat member Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, known as Bachchu Razakar.
AKM Nasiruddin Mahmud, registrar of the ICT, disclosed the information to reporters at his office on Sunday.
Azad, the former leader of Islami Chhatra Sangha, the then student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, went into hiding around seven hours before ICT-2 issued an arrest warrant against him on April 3, last …