From TazaKhobor
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
India on Wednesday affirmed its full support to Bangladesh Government for its on-going war crimes trials.
In a statement, the Indian External Affairs Ministry said the people of Bangladesh have the right to seek trial of horrific crimes committed in the soil of Bangladesh 42 years ago. They have the right to demand legal conclusion to all cases filed for committing crimes against humanity in 1971 in the country and seek justice, the statement said.
It added that India has full confidence in the process of trial at the ICTs as well as on the judicial system of Bangladesh.
The affirmation was made on Wednesday by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in the wake of questions raised in international arena about the standard of the war crimes trial in Bangladesh and the transparency of the procedure and also debate about it.
Two special tribunas - International Crimes Tribunal 1 and International Crimes Tribunal 2, set up at Old High Court building in capital Dhaka in 2010 – are dealing with cases filed in connection with war crimes committed during the country’s independence struggle in 1971. Questions had been raised by many international organizations, including legal bodies and rights groups, about the standard of the procedures and rules after the trial began three years ago.
http://tazakhobor.com/international/5161-india-extends-full-support-to-war-crimes-trial-in-bangladesh
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
India on Wednesday affirmed its full support to Bangladesh Government for its on-going war crimes trials. In a statement, the Indian External Affairs Ministry said the people of Bangladesh have the right to seek trial of horrific crimes committed in the soil of Bangladesh 42 years ago. They have the right to demand legal conclusion to all cases filed for committing crimes against humanity in 1971 in the country and seek justice, the statement said.
It added that India has full confidence in the process of trial at the ICTs as well as on the judicial system of Bangladesh.
The affirmation was made on Wednesday by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in the wake of questions raised in international arena about the standard of the war crimes trial in Bangladesh and the transparency of the procedure and also debate about it.
Two special tribunas - International Crimes Tribunal 1 and International Crimes Tribunal 2, set up at Old High Court building in capital Dhaka in 2010 – are dealing with cases filed in connection with war crimes committed during the country’s independence struggle in 1971. Questions had been raised by many international organizations, including legal bodies and rights groups, about the standard of the procedures and rules after the trial began three years ago.
http://tazakhobor.com/international/5161-india-extends-full-support-to-war-crimes-trial-in-bangladesh
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