DHAKA: The Worldwide Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh on Tuesday rejected the applying of senior Supreme Courtroom lawyer Z.I. Khan Panna to symbolize former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the case of crimes towards humanity linked to final 12 months’s July demonstrations. Analysts reckon the choice constitutes a travesty of justice, denying Hasina the proper to be represented within the case.
The appliance was filed by lawyer Nazneen Nahar on behalf of Panna on the tribunal in search of to defend Hasina within the case, native media reported. The tribunal questioned the aim of the applying through the testimony stage, stating that it couldn’t be accepted.
“The practice has already left the station; there isn’t a solution to board it by informing the station grasp. At this stage of the case, there isn’t a alternative to nominate a brand new lawyer,” main Bangladeshi each day The Enterprise Customary quoted the ICT as saying in response to the petition.
The tribunal famous that the state has already appointed Supreme Courtroom lawyer Amir Hossain to conduct hearings on behalf of Hasina. Earlier, on August 3, the prosecution on the ICT started its proceedings in a case towards Hasina and two others over alleged crimes towards humanity.
The co-accused embody former Dwelling Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Inspector Basic of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun.
Following the proceedings, the Awami League denounced the costs introduced towards its management, calling them a “politically motivated” transfer orchestrated by the Muhammad Yunus-led “illegitimate” interim authorities.
Awami League chief Mohammad A. Arafat said that neither former Prime Minister Hasina nor him have acquired any formal discover of the trial proceedings towards the get together members, which he mentioned, highlights the “absurdity” of the “unelected” authorities.
“That is a part of a broader marketing campaign by an unelected usurper heading an illegitimate authorities, intent on erasing democratic legitimacy, silencing opposition, and clinging to energy. Such a regime has no authorized or ethical authority to prosecute a authorities elected by the folks’s mandate. An illegitimate regime can not amend laws handed by Parliament. Solely Parliament has that authority,” Arafat mentioned in an announcement.
He mentioned that no democratically elected chief needs to be “prosecuted for upholding constitutional duties within the face of violent revolt.”