The criminal court that answers to no one
On 20 July 1973, some 19 months after the end of a war of independence in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed, Bangladesh’s new parliament passed the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act. Its immediate purpose was to allow the government to prosecute 195 Pakistani military officers, th
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Prothom Alo Independent
On 20 July 1973, some 19 months after the end of a war of independence in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed, Bangladesh’s new parliament passed the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act. Its immediate purpose was to allow the government to prosecute 195 Pakistani m