Nizami terms Int'l War Crimes Act blackest law
Saturday, 17 April 2010
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami Friday called the International War Crimes (Tribunal) Act-1973 as the blackest law in the history, reports UNB.
He said: "The Act under which the trial of war crimes will be held is the blackest law in history. The trial of the war crimes under the Act will be a great blunder. So far, not a single case has been tried under the Act."
The Jamaat chief made the remarks while addressing the inaugural session of the party's district Ameer conference at the Al-Falah Auditorium in the city's Moghbazar.
He said both the moves -- to impose ban on Islamic parties and trial of the war crimes - were targeting to remove Jamaat from the political arena.
Nizami alleged that the government's fascist tendency indicated that it was going ahead to implement the one-party rule in the country by phases.
Criticising the government for allowing India to use Chittagong and Mongla seaports, he said the government bowed down to the pressure of neighbouring India.
The Jamaat Ameer stressed the need for strong unity with all the political parties to resist India's big-brother attitude and pressures.
He posed a question: Why did the Awami League not put Jamaat men on trial so far during their previous tenures, if Jamaat men had been involved in war crimes?
Nizami claimed that Jamaat men had not engaged in war crimes and in crimes against humanity during the liberation war, though Jamaat had a different stance on the liberation war.
He said no allegation of war crimes against a single Jamaat man could be raised during the tenure of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after declaring the general amnesty to the war criminals excluding four crimes -- murder, rape, arson and looting.
"They (government) are now trying to prove war crimes and crimes against humanity against Jamaat men…the whole world will not be able to prove it."
Slamming the government, the Jamaat chief said the countrymen have been suffering a lot for the nagging power, gas and water crises as well as price-hike of essentials and deterioration of law and order.
He said: "The Act under which the trial of war crimes will be held is the blackest law in history. The trial of the war crimes under the Act will be a great blunder. So far, not a single case has been tried under the Act."
The Jamaat chief made the remarks while addressing the inaugural session of the party's district Ameer conference at the Al-Falah Auditorium in the city's Moghbazar.
He said both the moves -- to impose ban on Islamic parties and trial of the war crimes - were targeting to remove Jamaat from the political arena.
Nizami alleged that the government's fascist tendency indicated that it was going ahead to implement the one-party rule in the country by phases.
Criticising the government for allowing India to use Chittagong and Mongla seaports, he said the government bowed down to the pressure of neighbouring India.
The Jamaat Ameer stressed the need for strong unity with all the political parties to resist India's big-brother attitude and pressures.
He posed a question: Why did the Awami League not put Jamaat men on trial so far during their previous tenures, if Jamaat men had been involved in war crimes?
Nizami claimed that Jamaat men had not engaged in war crimes and in crimes against humanity during the liberation war, though Jamaat had a different stance on the liberation war.
He said no allegation of war crimes against a single Jamaat man could be raised during the tenure of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after declaring the general amnesty to the war criminals excluding four crimes -- murder, rape, arson and looting.
"They (government) are now trying to prove war crimes and crimes against humanity against Jamaat men…the whole world will not be able to prove it."
Slamming the government, the Jamaat chief said the countrymen have been suffering a lot for the nagging power, gas and water crises as well as price-hike of essentials and deterioration of law and order.