The International Crimes Tribunal has censured former presidents, the late Ziaur Rahman, and HM Ershad for rehabilitating Al Badr leaders, who masterminded the killings of intellectuals during the 1971 Liberation War, in Bangladesh after independence.
Published : 03 Nov 2013, 08:01 PM
The tribunal found these two military dictators turned presidents guilty of not only bringing these war criminals back home, but also giving then security.
The second ICT on Sunday ordered the authorities to send the Al Badr leader Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin to walk the gallows for killing 18 intellectuals during 1971.
His associate Ashrafuzzaman Khan was also sentenced to death for the same offence.
Mueen-Uddin, currently a UK citizen, fled the country after Bangladesh won the Liberation War. He had returned to Bangladesh during the tenures of Ziaur Rahman and Ershad as the country’s presidents. His trial for war crimes was held in absentia.