The proceedings of the International Crimes Tribunal set up to try the genocide surrounding the student-crowd movement in July-August have started. 3 cases on the agenda on the first day.
On Thursday (October 17) at 11:00 a.m., the proceedings of the tribunal began in the (temporary) courtroom adjacent to the (old) main building of the tribunal.
Tribunal Chairman Justice Golam Mortuza Majumdar along with member Justice Shafiul Alam Mahmud and retired District Judge Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury appeared in the court.
According to the tribunal sources, the prosecution will seek an arrest warrant against 50 people including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the July-August massacre.
The interim government has taken the initiative to try the genocide that took place last July-August in the International Crimes Tribunal formed in 2010 to try the crimes against humanity during the liberation war. Already, half a hundred complaints of murder, genocide, disappearance and murder have been filed with the investigation agency and prosecution team of the tribunal. Deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government ministers, members of Parliament, members of law enforcement, Awami League leaders and media workers have been accused in this.
On March 25, 2010, the International Crimes Tribunal was established to try ‘71 crimes against humanity. Later on March 22, 2012, another tribunal named Tribunal-2 was constituted. However, on September 15, 2015, the two were merged and one tribunal was established. As a result, the trial of seventy-one criminals against humanity is ongoing in a tribunal.