Published : 08 Dec 2025, 05:51 PM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 02:51 PM
Several former ministers and state ministers in the Awami League government are among the 16 suspects who have been produced before the International Crimes Tribunal in a case alleging crimes against humanity linked to the crackdown on last year's July Uprising.
The group was brought to the tribunal from jail around 9:45am on Monday.
Among them are former law minister Anisul Huq, former education minister Dipu Moni, former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former textile and jute minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, former industries minister Amir Hossain Amu, former agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque, former shipping minister Shajahan Khan, Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon, JaSaD (Inu) President and former information minister Hasanul Haq Inu, former justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, former home secretary Jahangir Alam, former MP Solaiman Salim, former commerce minister Faruk Khan, and former state minister Kamal Ahmed Majumder, and former advisors to Sheikh Hasina Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury and Salman F Rahman.
Among them, Salman, Anisul, Inu and Palak have already been charged separately of crimes against humanity by the prosecution.
