Govt firm to hold trial of war criminals: Kamrul
Thursday, 23 April 2009
State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate Kamrul Islam Wednesday said their government was committed to completing the trial of war criminals during its tenure and that there was no going back, reports UNB.
"Trial of war criminal is to establish human rights, not the violation of human rights," he told journalists at the National Press Club when asked that some quarters were spreading the notion that trial of war criminals after 38 years was a violation of human rights.
The State Minister attended a discussion meeting on "Strengthening Tobacco Control Law Regarding Package Warning". Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) and Bangladesh Consortium on Tobacco Control (BCTC) jointly organised the discussion.
Referring to war criminals of the Second World War, the State Minister said some of the trials of war criminals of the World War II were being held now, and the war criminals of the '71 liberation war would have to be tried for establishing human rights.
"They in collaboration with the Pakistani forces humiliated thousands of Bangalee women during the war," he said, taking a trip down the memory lane.
Kamrul pointed out that the government got the mandate being elected by the citizens of the country and it would keep its pledges through putting the war criminals to trial. "The government will not bow to any threats from such quarters," he said in a reply.
"Trial of war criminal is to establish human rights, not the violation of human rights," he told journalists at the National Press Club when asked that some quarters were spreading the notion that trial of war criminals after 38 years was a violation of human rights.
The State Minister attended a discussion meeting on "Strengthening Tobacco Control Law Regarding Package Warning". Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) and Bangladesh Consortium on Tobacco Control (BCTC) jointly organised the discussion.
Referring to war criminals of the Second World War, the State Minister said some of the trials of war criminals of the World War II were being held now, and the war criminals of the '71 liberation war would have to be tried for establishing human rights.
"They in collaboration with the Pakistani forces humiliated thousands of Bangalee women during the war," he said, taking a trip down the memory lane.
Kamrul pointed out that the government got the mandate being elected by the citizens of the country and it would keep its pledges through putting the war criminals to trial. "The government will not bow to any threats from such quarters," he said in a reply.