crimes against humanity

Mojaheed verdict: SC starts hearing on appeal

The Supreme Court starts hearing the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed challenging his death sentence for his crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
29 April 2015, 04:57 AM

Bergman verdict: 23 get more time to reply

Dhaka tribunal gives six more days to 23 people to reply why they should not be punished for contempt of court proceedings for issuing statement against David Bergman's verdict.
23 April 2015, 05:15 AM

Charges pressed against Jamalpur 'Al-Badr men'

Prosecution presses five charges against eight war crimes suspects of Jamalpur for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
19 April 2015, 06:30 AM

LIVE: Execution of War Criminal Kamaruzzaman

For the latest developments of execution procedures of death row war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, stay tuned with thedailystar.net
11 April 2015, 13:23 PM

Kamaruzzaman won’t be hanged tonight

War criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman will not be hanged tonight, authorities of Dhaka Central Jail say.
6 April 2015, 11:30 AM

Charges against Kamaruzzaman

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 finds Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman guilty on five, out of seven war crimes charges.
6 April 2015, 07:06 AM

SC upholds Kamaruzzaman’s death penalty

Supreme Court upholds its verdict on Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman rejecting his plea for reviewing death penalty for 1971 war crimes.
6 April 2015, 03:34 AM

Counsels to meet Kamaruzzaman at Dhaka jail Saturday

Defence lawyers will meet death row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman at Dhaka Central Jail tomorrow morning to get necessary instructions from him about his review petition.
3 April 2015, 13:12 PM

Palestinians formally join International Criminal Court

The Palestinians have formally joined the International Criminal Court (ICC), a key step towards being able to pursue Israelis for alleged war crimes.
1 April 2015, 13:59 PM

ICT seeks formal charge against 8 Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr’ men

A tribunal in Dhaka asks prosecution to submit on April 13 the formal charges against eight suspected war criminals for their crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 Liberation War.
30 March 2015, 10:38 AM

Evidence found against 8 Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr’ men

Investigators have primarily found evidence against eight suspected war criminals of Jamalpur for their alleged crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
24 March 2015, 05:52 AM

Jamaat lawyer Tajul Islam ‘detained’

Tajul Islam, a top member of the defence team of war crimes accused Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, has been allegedly picked up by law enforcers from his chamber in Dhaka this evening.
5 March 2015, 15:47 PM

2 war crimes accused held in Cox’s Bazar

Police arrested two persons accused in war crimes case in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar this afternoon.
1 March 2015, 15:53 PM

Statement on Bergman verdict: Tribunal exonerates 14 dignitaries

A tribunal in Dhaka exonerates 14 dignitaries of contempt proceedings after they apologised for their statements on the Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman’s punishment
23 February 2015, 08:54 AM

Dhaka tribunal issues death warrant against Jamaat leader Kamaruzzaman in war crimes case

Tribunal in Dhaka issues death warrant against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman in war crimes case
19 February 2015, 06:57 AM

Jamaat leader Subhan gets death in 3 war crimes charges

Dhaka tribunal hands death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan on three charges for crimes against humanity in Liberation War in 1971
18 February 2015, 06:16 AM

A slap in face for Liberation War

War crimes convict Motiur Rahman Nizami's appointment as a minister by the BNP-led government was a slap in the face for our Liberation War, as well as for the martyrs and the women who were violated and brutally murdered during the war.
29 October 2014, 18:00 PM