Bangladesh\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal\u20131 (ICT-1) observed that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had a \u201cmeticulous plan\u201d and that \u201ceverything was under [her] control\u201d during the July mass uprising, remarks made on Monday while hearing defence arguments in a crimes-against-humanity case against Hasina and two others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three-judge bench\u2014headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumdar with Justice Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud and Judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury\u2014made the comments as state-appointed defence counsel Md Amir Hossain began the first day of closing arguments for fugitive accused Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arguing that the anti-discrimination student movement followed a \u201cflawed process,\u201d Hossain said Hasina had abolished the quota system and that its subsequent reinstatement came through a High Court writ beyond executive influence. The bench countered that failure by the executive to actively cooperate with the court can itself amount to influence, noting how hearings were set \u201cin a day or two,\u201d before adding: \u201cYou had a meticulous plan and everything was under your control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the lawyer asked for documentary proof of any prime-ministerial interference, the tribunal replied that he was free to state she did not intervene. The bench went on to say that \u201cthe elements are in the hands of the state,\u201d explaining that while the prosecution cannot proceed without government agencies, the judiciary would not consider the government\u2019s position at the moment of judgment. \u201cThe state has many \u2018switches\u2019 that can be turned off\u2014security, power, even the ability of counsel to appear,\u201d the judges remarked. \u201cAfter all arrangements are ensured, then we will not care about the government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the prosecution\u2019s allegation of targeted persecution during the uprising, Hossain argued it did not occur, citing claims that aside from organiser Abu Sayeed, no other named leaders died despite reports of wider casualties. The tribunal responded that \u201ctargeted\u201d does not mean killing everyone, pointing to 1971 as an example where top leaders were not killed, and stressing that perpetrators choose whom to attack, how much, where and when.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The defence summations will continue before the tribunal sets a schedule for the next phase of proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bangladesh\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal\u20131 (ICT-1) observed that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had a \u201cmeticulous plan\u201d and that \u201ceverything was under [her] control\u201d during the July mass uprising, remarks made on Monday while hearing defence arguments in a crimes-against-humanity case against Hasina and two others. The three-judge bench\u2014headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumdar with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6576,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572\/revisions\/6576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}