Appeals of eight war crimes convicts await SC hearing

Eight more appeals against the war crimes conviction, pronounced by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on charges of committing crimes against the humanity during the 1971 War of Liberation, are waiting for the hearing in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC), according to court officials, reports BSS.

The SC, meantime, wrapped up the appeal hearing of three cases and the time of appeal hearing against Jamaat's secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid's conviction was fixed on June 16 while the appeals of two other cases were announced null and void due to the deaths of convicts.

The convicts who are waiting for appeal hearing are: Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, Motiur Rahman Nizami, Meer Kashem Ali, Mobarrak Hossain, Syed Muhammad Quasar, ATM Azharul Islam, Abdus Subhan and fugitive Engr Abdul Jobbar.

Verdicts against 20 persons in 18 cases of crimes against humanity have been delivered in both the tribunals since formation of the tribunals.