Though occasional voices were heard in the country to prosecute war criminals, they were not heeded to. Organisations like Jamaat-e-Islami later became hand in glove with various terrorist organisations.
Jamaat participated in democratic elections but wanted to bring Sharia rule in the country. This endangered democracy in Bangladesh. The people allied with them launched deadly attack on Sheikh Hasina when she was addressing a rally in Dhaka in August All these developments motivated Hasina to complete the war crime trials which had been pending for a long time.
It is hardly surprising that when Hasina came to power in the trial of war criminals was on top of her agenda. However, this was not liked by Pakistan. Ispahani conveyed the message that any attempt to reopen these cases would adversely affect relations between the two countries. Ispahani also met Begum Khaleda Zia.
Hasina, however, did not need his request. Hasina could control the situation only by showing great courage. The BDR mutiny failed in toppling Hasina government but it managed to delay the start of war crime trials.
The government of Bangladesh however, now seems determined to complete it. This has caused discomfort to Pakistan, whose army too was involved in war crime.
Moreover, it sees people prosecuted by the International Crimes Tribunal ICT as those who could have been used to further its strategic interests in that country. Interestingly, International organisations like Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and even the UN have taken queer stand on the implementation of war crime verdicts.
This has made Pakistan criticise the ICT verdicts. It criticised when Abdul Qader Molla was hanged. Both convicts were once ministers in the BNP led government in Bangladesh. The investigators submitted two reports and other documents to the prosecution and are preparing to submit two or three more, said Sanaul Haque, the senior coordinator of the agency.
He hoped Justice Amir will recover and join the tribunal soon, clearing the path for the admittance of formal complaints. The tribunal will resume its regular work soon, Law Minister Anisul Huq told bdnews We hope the cases on trial will be disposed of. The government imposed a lockdown on Mar 26 in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Supreme Court also announced the closure of the courts that time and extended it several times until May The government issued an ordinance on May 9 on e-justice system and later parliament passed it into a law to clear the path for the courts to use information technology, such as video conferencing, for hearings.
The courts resumed in-person hearings in August. Virtual hearings are also being held in some cases. Any unauthorised use or reproduction of bdnews Follow bdnews24com.
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