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Published: 24 January 2013 09:52 PM Updated: 24 January 2013 10:15
Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Pankaj Saran on Thursday observed that the maiden war crimes verdict delivered some justice to the war victims through a judicial and legal process.
We are fully sympathetic with the people of Bangladesh and understand their feelings against those crimes, he said while replying to a question at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday.
Saran made the comment on the death sentence handed down to Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu ******* by the second war crimes tribunal on Jan 21.
Azad is absconding, reportedly in Pakistan.
He noted that the trial was an internal matter of Bangladesh and added, It is also true that the whole world is aware and recalls the atrocities which were committed against the people of Bangladesh in 1971.
Those amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity, he said, These were serious crimes.
Earlier, the State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said in a statement the US supported bringing to justice those who committed war crimes in Bangladesh but insisted that the trials must be free, fair and transparent.
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom said the British government supported the efforts of Bangladesh to bring to justice those responsible for committing atrocities during the 1971 War, although we remain strongly opposed to the application of the death penalty in all circumstances.
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/01/24/some-justice-served-indian-envoy
Published: 24 January 2013 09:52 PM Updated: 24 January 2013 10:15
Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Pankaj Saran on Thursday observed that the maiden war crimes verdict delivered some justice to the war victims through a judicial and legal process.
We are fully sympathetic with the people of Bangladesh and understand their feelings against those crimes, he said while replying to a question at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday.
Saran made the comment on the death sentence handed down to Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu ******* by the second war crimes tribunal on Jan 21.
Azad is absconding, reportedly in Pakistan.
He noted that the trial was an internal matter of Bangladesh and added, It is also true that the whole world is aware and recalls the atrocities which were committed against the people of Bangladesh in 1971.
Those amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity, he said, These were serious crimes.
Earlier, the State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said in a statement the US supported bringing to justice those who committed war crimes in Bangladesh but insisted that the trials must be free, fair and transparent.
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom said the British government supported the efforts of Bangladesh to bring to justice those responsible for committing atrocities during the 1971 War, although we remain strongly opposed to the application of the death penalty in all circumstances.
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/01/24/some-justice-served-indian-envoy