War Crimes

UN: IS destruction of heritage sites a war crime

The UN's cultural agency says destruction of antiquities and heritage sites in conflict zones by Islamic State and other extremist groups could amount to war crimes.
29 June 2015, 15:33 PM

Mojaheed decides to seek review of SC verdict

War criminal Mojaheed decides to see review of Supreme Court ruling that upheld his death penalty, his lawyers say.
20 June 2015, 06:54 AM

Court orders Zafrullah’s arrest for contempt

ICT issues arrest warrant against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury for non-payment of fine for contempt of court.
18 June 2015, 10:54 AM

People defy Jamaat hartal

Despite a 24-hour countrywide hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami across the country, Dhaka city dwellers came out in streets and performed their daily jobs as usual today.
17 June 2015, 05:29 AM

Bangladesh’s apex court upholds capital punishment for Jamaat leader

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the death penalty of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for planning and instigating the killing of intellectuals and professionals at the fag end of the country's Liberation War.
16 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Evidence leading to Mojaheed’s punishment

The International Crimes Tribunal cited several evidences in the death verdict it handed down to Ali Ahsan Mojaheed, the notorious al-Badr chief of 1971.
16 June 2015, 09:17 AM

SC stays Zafrullah's fine till July 5

The Supreme Court stays until July 5 a special tribunal’s verdict that had fined Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury Tk 5,000 for criticising the punishment of Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman by the same court.
16 June 2015, 08:30 AM

Justice comes after she goes

“I want them to be punished. My heart wants it.” This was possibly her only wish after she lost her husband during the Liberation War in 1971.
16 June 2015, 06:58 AM

They can now rest in peace

It was a phone call that gave words to a long endured pain and wait. Perhaps that is why Saif Imam Jami called back from a different time zone, taking time out of his busy office hours.
16 June 2015, 06:46 AM

ICT sends war crimes suspect Suliman to jail

A war crimes tribunal sends Suliman Mollah, accused in crimes against humanity during 1971, to jail after police produced him before the court.
15 June 2015, 11:05 AM

Zafrullah guilty of contempt, punished

A war crimes tribunal orders Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury to stand on dock for an hour for criticising punishment of Bangladesh-based UK journalist David Bergman.
10 June 2015, 06:14 AM

Fugitive Kishoreganj Razakar to die

A Razakar commander in 1971, fugitive Syed Hasan Ali has been handed capital punishment for war crimes during Bangladesh’s Liberation War. The infamous Razakar of Kishoreganj can be hanged from the gallows or be gunned down, the court said on his manner of execution – an order that is unique to this verdict.
9 June 2015, 04:54 AM

Verdict today in Kishoreganj war crimes suspect Hasan Ali case

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver the verdict in a case against fugitive war crimes accused Syed Hasan Ali for his alleged crimes committed during the Liberation War.
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Kishoreganj 'Razakar' verdict tomorrow

A special tribunal in Dhaka will deliver its verdict tomorrow on fugitive war crimes suspect Syed Md Hasan Ali of Kishoreganj.
8 June 2015, 05:27 AM

Charges against 3 Habiganj ‘razakars’ accepted

Dhaka tribunal accepts four charges against three suspects for their alleged crimes against humanity in Baniachang of Habiganj during Liberation War in 1971.
31 May 2015, 05:18 AM

Lawyers meet Mojaheed ahead of tomorrow’s hearing

Convicted war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed instructed his lawyers to place some particular points on behalf of him at the Supreme Court during tomorrow’s hearing on his appeal filed seeking acquittal of all the charges.
23 May 2015, 06:54 AM

3 war crimes suspects held in Cox’s Bazar

Police arrest three war crimes suspects in Cox's Bazar hours after a tribunal ordered their arrest.
21 May 2015, 07:28 AM

Investigation officer ‘incompetent’: Tribunal

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 today termed “Incompetent” the investigation officer of the case filed against war criminals Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain.
20 May 2015, 07:48 AM

Charges against Chapainawabganj ‘Razakars’

Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain, alleged members of Razakar force of Chapainawabganj, have been facing three war crimes charges including mass killing, torture, arson and looting.
20 May 2015, 04:57 AM

2 war criminals get life until death

A tribunal in Dhaka sentences Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain to life until death on one charge of crimes against humanity committed in Chapainawabganj during the Liberation War in 1971.
20 May 2015, 04:13 AM