CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CASE
ICT-1 concludes testimony of 12 witnesses against Hasina
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
The testimony and cross-examination of 12 witnesses have so far been completed in a case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others on charges of crimes against humanity committed during July Uprising, reports BSS.
A three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumdar set tomorrow (Wednesday) as the next date for taking testimony upon concluding the testimony and cross-examination of three witnesses in the case on Monday.
Testimony and cross-examination of nine witnesses in the case were earlier completed in four days.
ICT Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam, Prosecutors Mizanul Islam and Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim conducted the hearing. Other ICT prosecutors were present at that time.
State-appointed lawyer Amir Hossain moved before the tribunal on behalf of the fugitive Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal while lawyer Zayed Bin Amjad for former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.
The ICT-1 framed charges against Sheikh Hasina, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun and ordered the trial to begin on July 10.
In addition, the tribunal approved the application of former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun to become a state witness to uncover the truth of the incident by pleading guilty in this case.
On June 16 last, the ICT-1 ordered a notice to be published in a Bengali and an English newspaper for the fugitive Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to appear before the tribunal.
The next day, a notice was published in the two newspapers following the court order asking Sheikh Hasina and Kamal to surrender within seven days.
However, after the notification, the two absconding accused did not appear before the tribunal, so the state appointed a lawyer to represent them before the tribunal during the case proceedings.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 took cognizance of the formal charges against deposed Sheikh Hasina on June 1 for committing crimes against humanity during the student-led mass uprising in July-August last year.