16 killed in Guinea ethnic violence
At least 16 people have been burned alive or hacked to death with machetes, and dozens wounded, during two days of ethnic clashes in the west African state of Guinea, officials said on Tuesday. The...
View ArticleCommission’s tenure expires Saturday
The Grameen Bank Inquiry Commission will wind up its office today as its tenure is set to expire on Saturday. The commission had been asked to close its temporary office at a residential building in...
View ArticleConviction after 3-yr legal battle
After Ghulam Azam, his disciple Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed has been convicted for holding superior responsibility over subordinates in committing war crimes during the Liberation War in 1971....
View ArticleWar Crimes Trial Progress Report
Abul Kalam Azad (Bachchu Razakar) Expelled Jamaat member Judgment: Death penalty Date of judgment: Jan 21, 2013 Status: Absconding Abdul Quader Mollah Jamaat assistant secretary general Judgment:...
View ArticleMK Alamgir not aware of extradition
Amid media reports that Ulfa leader Anup Chetia would soon be extradited to India, Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir yesterday said he had “no knowledge” of the matter. This was how he replied when...
View ArticleAmnesty int’l denounces death penalty
Amnesty International expressed its concerns yesterday regarding the death penalty of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed saying the penalty was “extremely regrettable”. The...
View ArticleGovt to arrange spl documents
The government is actively considering issuing “special documents” to Rohingya Muslims who obtained Bangladeshi passports illegally and have travelled to Saudi Arabia over the past several years. The...
View ArticleNo war criminals in Bangladesh
Convicted war criminal Jamaat-e-Islam Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed six years ago had claimed that there were no war criminals in Bangladesh. Flanked by his party colleagues and the now...
View ArticleJamaat actions unlike Islam
Although the Jamaat-e-Islami had claimed that Islam was its ideology, no proof of humanity and tolerance was found in its activities during the Liberation War, International Crimes Tribunal-2 said...
View ArticleJustice, At Long Last
ASIF MUNIER Son of martyred academic Munier Chowdhury Asif Munier described the verdict as a “milestone” for the nation and the first step towards unearthing information related to the killing of...
View ArticleJustice 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. Noorjahan Seraji is no more. Aged 74, she passed away on...
View ArticleDefence to appeal
The prosecution has expressed satisfaction over the verdict in Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed’s case while the defence rejected the judgment and said it would appeal against the verdict. Prosecution...
View ArticleAL happy, BNP tight-lipped
The Awami League and different other organisations expressed their satisfaction over the yesterday’s verdict handed down to Jamaat Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed by the International...
View Article6 days of waste
This week has seen only one working day as the Jamaat-e-Islami has called four countrywide hartals in a row from Monday, protesting the war crimes trial and the recent verdicts. It means most of the...
View ArticleWait Now For Execution
Shahriar Kabir, first prosecution witness Congratulating the prosecutors, Shahriar Kabir said: “Based on the evidence that we provided to the prosecution, he [Mojaheed] should have been hanged ten...
View ArticleWatch your words
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday warned that it possesses the power to hold any individual accountable for showing contempt to the tribunal. Tribunal Chairman Justice Obaidul Hassan said...
View ArticleNo escape
Convicted war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed held a superior position in the Al-Badr force and had effective control over the members of the killing squad, an auxiliary force of the Pakistan...
View ArticleThey now can 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. Yet Jami,...
View ArticleLike father, like son
War crimes convict Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed followed in his father Maulana Abdul Ali’s footsteps all along. In 1971, Abdul Ali was one of the top leaders of the Faridpur Peace Committee, and...
View ArticleGALLOWS for Mojaheed
A court yesterday sentenced Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed to death for his role in crimes against humanity, including the mass extermination of intellectuals towards the end of the Liberation War in...
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