Jamaat lobbyist Cadman calls for suspension of war crimes tribunals

Toby Cadman, who lobbies internationally for Jamaat-e-Islami leadership, has demanded suspension of the Bangladesh's war crimes tribunals alleging a breach of international law in Motiur Rahman Nizami's death penalty, reports bdnews24.com.
The British lawyer has also asked for a freeze on all the sentences handed down by International Crimes Tribunal-1 and 2 claiming "serious prosecutorial and judicial misconduct".
Speaking at a media call in London  Friday, the foreign counsel for Jamaat said they had moved the UN Office of the High Commissioner and UN Special Rapporteurs to intervene in the 'highly controversial' trial.
The ICT-1 last Wednesday gave Jamaat chief Nizami the capital punishment for his wartime atrocities.
Cadman complained: "The tribunal judges failed to apply the proper legal principles as recognised under customary international law at the time of the conflict in 1971 in breach of the principle of legality.
"The tribunal judges convicted Nizami for establishing an alleged paramilitary group without presenting any credible evidence," he said in a media statement.