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| Jamaat men backtrack on war trial act |
| 2010-08-24 |
| Two Jamaat-e-Islami leaders yesterday withdrew from the High Court a writ petition that challenged the first amendment to the constitution and some sections of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 under which the war crimes trial is being held. Jamaat assistant secretaries general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Quader Molla jointly filed the writ petition on August 16 seeking HC's directive to stop proceedings of the trial against them under the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act. Petitioners' counsel Abdur Razzaq told an HC bench that his clients had asked him not to proceed with the writ petition. Following the court order, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said there is no legal bar now to proceed with the trial of the 1971 crimes against humanity and war crimes under the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973. He said the Jamaat leaders might move the same writ petition to another HC bench in future. |
| Posted by:Fred |