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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Mollah gets life term for war crimes
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=44570
Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah
Star Online Report
International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday sentenced Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah to life term imprisonment for his crimes against humanity during the country's Liberation War in 1971.
Tribunal Chairman Justice Obaidul Hassan came up with the judgement after the summary of the 132-page verdict was read out at the courtroom amid tight security.
Today's proceeding continued for more than one and a half hours starting from 10:45am.
Five charges out of six war crimes allegations against Mollah were proven beyond any doubt, the chairman of the tribunal said during the pronouncement of the verdict.
The Jamaat assistant secretary general was indicted on May 28 last year with six specific charges for his alleged involvement in murders, mass killings and torture during the Liberation War in 1971.
On January 21, the same tribunal made history by sentencing expelled Jamaat member Abul Kalam Azad to death, in its maiden judgment, for genocide and crimes against humanity during the war.
The case against another Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee is awaiting verdict at Tribunal-1.
BACKGROUND
A total of 12 prosecution witnesses, including two investigation officers of the case, had testified while six people, including Mollah himself, testified as defence witnesses.
Mollah was arrested on July 13, 2010, in a criminal case and on August 2, 2010, he was shown arrested in connection with crimes against humanity committed in 1971.
The investigation agency, designated to deal with war crimes probes, handed over its report to the prosecution on October 31, 2011, and the prosecution on December 18, 2011, submitted formal charges against Mollah before Tribunal-1, which took the charges into cognisance on December 28, 2011.
On April 16, 2012, the case against Mollah along with two other cases was transferred to Tribunal-2, set up on March 22, 2012.
On May 28, 2012, the tribunal framed six charges against Mollah for his alleged involvement in murders and mass killings during the war.
On June 20, 2012, the prosecution placed their opening statement and started to produce their witnesses on July 3 of that year.
After Tribunal-1 chairman Justice Nizamul Huq resigned in December, 2012, amid a controversy, Mollah sought retrial of his case but Tribunal-2 rejected his petition on January 7 this year.
The prosecution and the defence placed their closing arguments between December 17, 2012, and January 17 this year.
CHARGES
According to the charge frame order, Mollah, the then president of Dhaka University Shahidullah Hall unit Islami Chhatra Sangha, organised the formation of Al-Badr with the members of the student body in 1971.
Islami Chhatra Sangha was then the student wing of Jamaat and it in its entirety turned into Al-Badr force during the war, according to prosecution documents.
The Pakistani army, along with its collaborating forces like *******, Al-Badr, killed around 30 lakh Bangalees and violated some two lakh women during the nine-month-long war.
Charges against Mollah: Killing Bangla College Student Pallab; killing pro-liberation poet Meherun Nesa, her mother and two brothers; killing of journalist Khondoker Abu Taleb; killing 344 people in Alubdi village in Mirpur and killing of Hazrat Ali and five members of his family in Mirpur.
SECURITY
Security of the tribunals and its adjacent areas was beefed up since morning.
Total 63 close circuit cameras have been installed inside and outside the old High Court building where the tribunal has been set up.
SM Imanul Haque, assistant commissioner of Ramna zone, said 10 platoons of police have been deployed on the tribunal premises.
Mollah gets life term for war crimes
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=44570
Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah
Star Online Report
International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday sentenced Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah to life term imprisonment for his crimes against humanity during the country's Liberation War in 1971.
Tribunal Chairman Justice Obaidul Hassan came up with the judgement after the summary of the 132-page verdict was read out at the courtroom amid tight security.
Today's proceeding continued for more than one and a half hours starting from 10:45am.
Five charges out of six war crimes allegations against Mollah were proven beyond any doubt, the chairman of the tribunal said during the pronouncement of the verdict.
The Jamaat assistant secretary general was indicted on May 28 last year with six specific charges for his alleged involvement in murders, mass killings and torture during the Liberation War in 1971.
On January 21, the same tribunal made history by sentencing expelled Jamaat member Abul Kalam Azad to death, in its maiden judgment, for genocide and crimes against humanity during the war.
The case against another Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee is awaiting verdict at Tribunal-1.
BACKGROUND
A total of 12 prosecution witnesses, including two investigation officers of the case, had testified while six people, including Mollah himself, testified as defence witnesses.
Mollah was arrested on July 13, 2010, in a criminal case and on August 2, 2010, he was shown arrested in connection with crimes against humanity committed in 1971.
The investigation agency, designated to deal with war crimes probes, handed over its report to the prosecution on October 31, 2011, and the prosecution on December 18, 2011, submitted formal charges against Mollah before Tribunal-1, which took the charges into cognisance on December 28, 2011.
On April 16, 2012, the case against Mollah along with two other cases was transferred to Tribunal-2, set up on March 22, 2012.
On May 28, 2012, the tribunal framed six charges against Mollah for his alleged involvement in murders and mass killings during the war.
On June 20, 2012, the prosecution placed their opening statement and started to produce their witnesses on July 3 of that year.
After Tribunal-1 chairman Justice Nizamul Huq resigned in December, 2012, amid a controversy, Mollah sought retrial of his case but Tribunal-2 rejected his petition on January 7 this year.
The prosecution and the defence placed their closing arguments between December 17, 2012, and January 17 this year.
CHARGES
According to the charge frame order, Mollah, the then president of Dhaka University Shahidullah Hall unit Islami Chhatra Sangha, organised the formation of Al-Badr with the members of the student body in 1971.
Islami Chhatra Sangha was then the student wing of Jamaat and it in its entirety turned into Al-Badr force during the war, according to prosecution documents.
The Pakistani army, along with its collaborating forces like *******, Al-Badr, killed around 30 lakh Bangalees and violated some two lakh women during the nine-month-long war.
Charges against Mollah: Killing Bangla College Student Pallab; killing pro-liberation poet Meherun Nesa, her mother and two brothers; killing of journalist Khondoker Abu Taleb; killing 344 people in Alubdi village in Mirpur and killing of Hazrat Ali and five members of his family in Mirpur.
SECURITY
Security of the tribunals and its adjacent areas was beefed up since morning.
Total 63 close circuit cameras have been installed inside and outside the old High Court building where the tribunal has been set up.
SM Imanul Haque, assistant commissioner of Ramna zone, said 10 platoons of police have been deployed on the tribunal premises.