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ICC ready to assist ICT in Bangladesh

The Hague-based International Criminal Court on Wednesday expressed its readiness to assist Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal in its efforts to address alleged mass killings during the July-August period.

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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim AA Khan on Wednesday announced that his office was filing an application to the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC for a warrant of arrest against Myanmar Senior General and acting president Min Aung Hlaing for the ‘crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya’...

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Hefazat files genocide case against Hasina, 49 others

The Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Tuesday filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 49 others of genocide and crimes against humanity during the crackdown on its sit-in at Shapla Chattar in Dhaka on May 5-6, 2013...

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ICC warrant for Netanyahu not enough: Khamenei

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that a war crimes case against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Gaza war was insufficient and that he deserved a ‘death sentence’...

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Netanyahu warrant also indicts US complicity

IT’S official now. America’s closest ally, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the one accorded more than 50 standing ovations in Congress just months ago, is under indictment by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes. America must take note: the US government is complicit in Netanyahu’s war crimes and...

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Toby Cadman appointed ICT special prosecutor adviser

Reputed international law specialist and co-founder of the London-based The Guernica 37 Group, Barrister Toby Cadman has been appointed as a special prosecutor adviser to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh.

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Govt clears ordinance to amend ICT Act

The council of advisers on Wednesday approved the draft of an ordinance to amend the International Crimes (Tribunals) ACT to avoid questions from local and international communities over the trials to be held under the law...

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India to bail long-term prisoners awaiting trial

India’s interior minister has vowed to tackle chronic court backlogs by issuing bail to detainees awaiting trial for non-serious crimes who have completed at least a third of their possible sentence...

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ICT seeks probe report by Dec 19 

The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday asked the investigation agency to conclude in a month its probe into allegations of crimes against humanity brought against eight former high-profile law enforcement officials, including former inspector general of police...

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ICT bill proposes penalties for political parties

The law ministry is going to present the International Crimes Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to the Council of Advisers today, proposing the empowerment of the tribunal to penalise political...

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Submit Hasina case probe report in one month: ICT

The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday gave the chief prosecutor one more month to complete investigations into two complaints of crimes against humanity filed against deposed prime minister...

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Justice for Limon would be step towards police reform

VICTIMS of gross human rights violation in the hands of the law enforcement agencies who were denied justice during the Awami League regime are now coming forward to seek legal redress. This is a first step towards police reforms. Limon Hossain, a victim of attempted extrajudicial killing, lodged a complaint with the International Crime Tribunal against...

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ICT sends former Savar ASP Shahidul to jail

The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday ordered former additional superintendent of police Shahidul Islam, previously serving in Savar Circle, to be sent to Dhaka Central Jail over alleged crimes against humanity during the July-August student movement against discrimination...

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ICT sends ex-DMP DC Jashim to jail

The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday sent Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s former deputy commissioner for Mirpur Zone, Md Jashim Uddin Molla, to jail in a case of crimes against humanity during the July-August students’ movement against discrimination in the capital’s Mirpur area...

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ICT allows bail to NSI’s ex-DG Wahidul

The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday allowed conditional bail to former director general of National Security Intelligence Muhammad Wahidul Haque in a crime against humanity case...

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A robust case selection policy

The appointment of judges, investigators and prosecutors for the International Crimes Tribunals-Bangladesh along with the issuance of warrants for the arrest of Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, indicate that the tribunal is initiating its proceedings, likely from the first week of November. In the prosecution of international crimes, whether in national or...

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Interim govt to take steps to bring back Hasina to Bangladesh

Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday said Bangladesh’s interim government would take necessary measures to bring back deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and others as International Crimes Tribunal issued arrest warrant for them.

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ICT reconstituted with Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder as chair

The government has reconstituted the International Crimes Tribunal with the appointment of Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder of the High Court as its chairman, according to a gazette notification issued by the law ministry on Monday...

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