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Kolkata Muslims seek fair trial of Bangladesh 'war criminals'
Saturday March 02, 2013 07:58:51 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: Observing
that the Shahbag protests in Dhaka demanding the death penalty for
alleged war criminals was inhuman, Muslim religious and rights
groups here Saturday urged the Bangladeshi government to allow the
accused a fair trial.
"The Shahbag protests are inhuman as the protestors have been
demanding death penalty. The Bangladesh government should not
surrender to the demands but ensure that the accused are given a
fair trial," Abdul Aziz of Milli Etihad Parishad told reporters
here.
The groups also accused Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of
crushing the opposition in the name of convicting war criminals.
"Sheikh Hasina has turned into a dictator and is using the war
crimes tribunal to crush the opposition. Those who have been
convicted belong to the Jamaat-e-Islami which is in the
opposition," said All India Muslim Personal Law Board member
Raisuddin.
They also claimed that the alleged war criminals were innocent and
accused the International War Crimes Tribunal of "convicting
innocent people without any evidence".
The tribunal this month awarded death penalty to Delawar Hossain
Sayedee, vice president of Jamaat-e-Islami -- the largest Islamist
political party in Bangladesh.
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