No constitutional bar to trying war criminals: Qader
Friday, 3 April 2009
Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism GM Qader Thursday said there is no bar to the trial of war criminals under the Constitution of Bangladesh, reports BSS.
The genocide was committed in 1971 to eliminate the Bangali nation, he said adding that if the trial of war crimes were not staged, such heinous crimes would be continued in the country.
GM Qader made the comment while speaking at a discussion on "Trial of War Criminals" organised by Sammilita Nagorik Andolan at the Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) Thursday.
Qader said the government has the responsibility to try the war criminals. That is why, he said, the war criminals should be tried at any cost.
With senior journalist Abed Khan in the chair, the function was addressed, among others, by former minister Abdur Razzak, member-secretary of sector commanders' forum Lt Gen (retd) Harun-ur-Rashid, Fazle Hossain Badsha, MP and writer Shahriar Kabir.
The genocide was committed in 1971 to eliminate the Bangali nation, he said adding that if the trial of war crimes were not staged, such heinous crimes would be continued in the country.
GM Qader made the comment while speaking at a discussion on "Trial of War Criminals" organised by Sammilita Nagorik Andolan at the Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) Thursday.
Qader said the government has the responsibility to try the war criminals. That is why, he said, the war criminals should be tried at any cost.
With senior journalist Abed Khan in the chair, the function was addressed, among others, by former minister Abdur Razzak, member-secretary of sector commanders' forum Lt Gen (retd) Harun-ur-Rashid, Fazle Hossain Badsha, MP and writer Shahriar Kabir.