Nov 22
[This article originally appeared on the World Bulletin and is being re-produced here with the authors permission for the blog readers] On the 10th of the Bengali month of Srabon in 1971, a terrible massacre took place at the village of Shohagpur, which lies deep inside Jamalpur district inside Bangladesh, a few miles away from …
Nov 15
Brussels , 05/11/2014 141105_05 Statement by the Spokesperson STATEMENT 05/11/2014 “We are closely following judicial proceedings in Bangladesh. The European Union reiterates its strong and absolute opposition to capital punishment in all cases and under all circumstances. We consider the death penalty to be a cruel and inhumane punishment, which is not a deterrent to …
Nov 13
Note: This is an article reposted from the Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal blog by journalist David Bergman. A relevant article by New Age has been posted within this article. Two days ago the US Ambassador for Global Justice gave a conference call to a journalist from Prothom Alo newspaper and one from New Age (myself) …
Sep 19
Allama Delwar Hussain Sayedee, a Naib-e-Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and one of the most prominent Islamic scholars in Bangladesh, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on alleged charges of crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Independence. The Supreme Court commuted an earlier death sentence given by the special International …
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