By Khandaker A. Raquib Last morning, the International Crimes Tribunal assembled to hear charges of enforced disappearance against twelve senior military officers, the majority of whom had already fled the country. Only three generals appeared in person to challenge allegations tied to the Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC), popularly known as Read more
By Khandaker A. Raquib This morning’s contempt hearing at the International Crimes Tribunal unfolded less like a routine legal proceeding and more like an ethnographic window into how political actors perform law in moments of deep transition. When BNP senior leader Fazlur Rahman arrived at the court, visibly tense but Read more
Chief Prosecutor vs. Sheikh Hasina and Others (ICT BD Case No. 02 of 2025) ACCUSED PERSONS PROCEDURAL HISTORY EVIDENCE & WITNESSES TIMELINE OF THE CASE CHARGES SUBMITTED BY PROSECUTION CHARGE NO. 1 On 14 July 2024, at a press conference held at Ganabhaban, Sheikh Hasina made an inflammatory statement referring to the Read more
The Supreme Court Frees Mobarak Hossain and Challenges War Crimes Accountability In a landmark judgment delivered by Bangladesh’s Supreme Court, former Awami League leader Mobarak Hossain of Akhaura, Brahmanbaria has been fully acquitted of all war crimes charges related to atrocities during the 1971 Liberation War. The ruling reverses his Read more
A Turning Point for International Crimes Accountability in Bangladesh In a historic and highly anticipated ruling, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of all war crimes charges, reversing his 2014 death sentence and raising serious questions about the integrity of previous prosecutions carried out under the Read more
Truth, Politics, and Presumption: The UK Supreme Court’s Ruling on Chowdhury Mueen‑Uddin In a watershed judgment delivered on June 20, 2024, the United Kingdom Supreme Court unanimously upheld Chowdhury Mueen‑Uddin’s right to pursue a libel claim against the UK Home Secretary, overturning lower courts that had dismissed it as an abuse Read more