The Economist - Discrepancy in Dhaka

[T-Rex]

Clearly someone is trying to push Bangladesh into turmoil. Hope some sanity prevails.

Bangladesh has been in turmoil ever since hasina took power, somebody is simply exposing her evils now, so there's no need to be so agitated. Only morons of very high calibre expect sanity where thugs sit as judges at the courts.

 

[BanglaBhoot]

Clearly someone is trying to push Bangladesh into turmoil

That used to be RAW's job but it doesn't feel so good now when the same tactics are used to topple the government that is backed by India.......

 

[Roybot]

That used to be RAW's job but it doesn't feel so good now when the same tactics are used to topple the government that is backed by India.......

Indian interests in Bangladesh are safe and sound, at least in the short term. Its the long term interests which India is more concerned about. The great game is shifting to Bangladesh, the Red Dragon up north will be keeping a close eye on all these developments, more than any one else.

 

[Luffy 500]

@Roybot, getting good payment in BD by awami thugs.

 

[Al-zakir]

Ok, So Awami chamcha Nizam Haq resign from kangaroo court.

Amader Shomoy - Amader Shomoy Bangla Newspaper Bangladesh

 

[BanglaBhoot]

ICT-1 Chairman quits over Skype row

Dhaka, Dec 11 (bdnews24.com) — First war crimes tribunal's Chairman Justice Mohammed Nizamul Huq resigned on Tuesday in the wake of a controversy over his reported Skype conversation with an expatriate war crimes expert.

Justice Huq is believed to have resigned to end the controversy touched off by the leak of the said conversation.

Law Minister Shafique Ahmed and State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam confirmed bdnews24.com that Huq had indeed tendered his resignation letter.

"But he will continue to serve as a High Court judge," the Law Minister said.

Later, Justice Huq also confirmed his resignation.

"Yes I have tendered it," he said pre-empting the obvious question regarding the talks doing the rounds in the court since midday.

The first tribunal had not begun proceedings before lunch. Only one of the tribunal's members, Justice Anwarul Haque had arrived in the morning while the chairman had apparently called in sick.

Another tribunal member, Justice Jahangir Hossain, arrived during lunch recess and when the tribunal began its proceedings the chairman remained conspicuously absent giving further impetus to the rumours that he had resigned.

Pro-Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP lawyers demanded resignation of the justice after the Daily Amar Desh published the reported conversation with a Brussels-based academician Ziauddin Mahmud.

Huq was serving as a High Court Justice before being appointed the Chairman of the three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Mar 25, 2010.

Later, the government constituted a second tribunal for hastening the trial of alleged war criminals.

ICT-1 Chairman quits over Skype row | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com

 

[Al-zakir]

Munshi Bhai, do you think there is a game behind it?

 

[Skies]

I think there must be involvement of some intelligence from some other country. In this case, I can assure that RAW is not involved here, lol.

 

[BanglaBhoot]

Munshi Bhai, do you think there is a game behind it?

I think British intelligence and the Jewish connection are assisting Jamaat-e-Islami. It is notable that Jamaat-e-Islami rarely criticises Israel and said nothing during the recent Gaza attacks ....

 

[BanglaBhoot]

What is of most significance about this whole fiasco is that the same British and Jewish interests that brought the Awami League to power are now assisting the Jamaat-e-Islami. Note how rarely Jamaat-e-Islami ever criticises Israel ...... What is behind this nexus?

 

[animelive]

I think British intelligence and the Jewish connection are assisting Jamaat-e-Islami. It is notable that Jamaat-e-Islami rarely criticises Israel and said nothing during the recent Gaza attacks ....

Aren't they are supposed to be Islamic people are so power hungry, its just sad

 

[BanglaBhoot]

Aren't they are supposed to be Islamic people are so power hungry, its just sad

What make me concerned is that Jamaat changed its party constitution simply to retain its EC registration although by doing so it erased its Islamic identity .....

 

[BanglaBhoot]

Discrepancy in Dhaka - a brief update

Dec 11th 2012, 11:48 by The Economist online

THE presiding judge of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, Mohammed Nizamul Huq, has resigned—according to three sources. Banyan blogged about this a few days ago, arguing that Mr Nizamul's court had questions to answer. We will write more on this in due course.

Bangladesh: Discrepancy in Dhaka - a brief update | The Economist

 

[animelive]

What make me concerned is that Jamaat changed its party constitution simply to retain its EC registration although by doing so it erased its Islamic identity .....

Exactly my point, they let go of their principles just like that.

 

[asad71]

B'desh tribunal chairman trying 1971 war suspects quits

T he chairman of a special Bangladeshi tribunal trying high-profile 1971 "war criminals" resigned on Tuesday following a controversyover his reported Skype conversation with an expatriate war crimes expert.

"His (Justice Nizamul Huq) resignation reached to the law ministry through the registrar of the tribunal. He cited 'personal reasons for his decision'," Law Secretary Abu Saleh Sheikh Mohammmad Zahirul Haque told reporters.

Haque said the letter would now be forwarded to Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman and if he accepts the resignation a process would be launched to appointa new chairman to the tribunal.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 chairman Justice Huq's decision came days after The Economist magazine allegedly hacked his private conversation with Ahmed Ziauddin, a Brussels-based Bangladeshi-born war crimes expert.

A Bangladeshi pro-opposition newspaper published verbatim the leaked conversation in two subsequent issues.

Bangladesh Law Minister Shafique Ahmed later also confirmed his resignation but said Huq would continue to be a judge of the high court, where he was serving ahead of his appointment as the chairman of the tribunal.

Lawyers belonging to main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and their ally fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, whose stalwarts are being tried for war crimes charges, earlier demanded his resignation after the Daily Amar Desh published the reported conversation.

On December 5, the tribunal issued a notice on The Economist for "interference" in trial process and"privacy" of the judge and asked for an explanation in three weeks.

The two high-powered courts or tribunals currently try 10 high-profile Bangladeshi suspects of "crimes against humanity" accused of masterminding or carrying atrocities siding with Pakistani troops during 1971 Liberation War.

The tribunal also ordered a simultaneous investigation by police and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority into the hacking of Huq's conversation with Ziauddin.

B'desh tribunal chairman trying 1971 war suspects quits

T he chairman of a special Bangladeshi tribunal trying high-profile 1971 "war criminals" resigned on Tuesday following a controversyover his reported Skype conversation with an expatriate war crimes expert.

"His (Justice Nizamul Huq) resignation reached to the law ministry through the registrar of the tribunal. He cited 'personal reasons for his decision'," Law Secretary Abu Saleh Sheikh Mohammmad Zahirul Haque told reporters.

Haque said the letter would now be forwarded to Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman and if he accepts the resignation a process would be launched to appointa new chairman to the tribunal.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 chairman Justice Huq's decision came days after The Economist magazine allegedly hacked his private conversation with Ahmed Ziauddin, a Brussels-based Bangladeshi-born war crimes expert.

A Bangladeshi pro-opposition newspaper published verbatim the leaked conversation in two subsequent issues.

Bangladesh Law Minister Shafique Ahmed later also confirmed his resignation but said Huq would continue to be a judge of the high court, where he was serving ahead of his appointment as the chairman of the tribunal.

Lawyers belonging to main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and their ally fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, whose stalwarts are being tried for war crimes charges, earlier demanded his resignation after the Daily Amar Desh published the reported conversation.

On December 5, the tribunal issued a notice on The Economist for "interference" in trial process and"privacy" of the judge and asked for an explanation in three weeks.

The two high-powered courts or tribunals currently try 10 high-profile Bangladeshi suspects of "crimes against humanity" accused of masterminding or carrying atrocities siding with Pakistani troops during 1971 Liberation War.

The tribunal also ordered a simultaneous investigation by police and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority into the hacking of Huq's conversation with Ziauddin.