Expressing no assurance in the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), dealing with crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, BNP has demanded immediately stopped all its proceedings.
"The elementary privileges of the war crime suspects have been despoiled in the tribunal. BNP has no assurance in the tribunal," senior party representative Moudud Ahmed said at a news conference at the party's central office on Saturday.
The former law minister termed the tribunal as nothing but a rubber-stamping body and its proceedings 'eyewash'.
Moudud demanded that senior BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury MP, now behind bars for his suspected contribution in war crimes and immediately released from custody crimes against humanity.
The government formed the International Crimes Tribunal, lawyers' panel and an investigation committee on Mar 25 last year to try the 1971 war criminals.
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, secretary-general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, executive council member Delwar Hossain Sayedee, assistant secretaries-general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Quader Molla, BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and former member of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman's cabinet Abdul Alim were arrested on charges of crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.
The tribunal has already framed charges against Sayedee.
BNP acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members A R Gani, Jamiruddin Sircar, A S M Hannan Shah, Rafiqul Islam Mia, Mirza Abbas, Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, vice-president Selima Rahman, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Khandaker Mahbub Hossain and its general secretary Badruzzaman Badal, former attorney general A J Mohammad Ali, former minister Aminul Haque and former president of Dhaka Lawyers Association Sanaullah Mia were present at the press conference at its Nayapaltan headquarters.
"The elementary privileges of the war crime suspects have been despoiled in the tribunal. BNP has no assurance in the tribunal," senior party representative Moudud Ahmed said at a news conference at the party's central office on Saturday.
The former law minister termed the tribunal as nothing but a rubber-stamping body and its proceedings 'eyewash'.
Moudud demanded that senior BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury MP, now behind bars for his suspected contribution in war crimes and immediately released from custody crimes against humanity.
The government formed the International Crimes Tribunal, lawyers' panel and an investigation committee on Mar 25 last year to try the 1971 war criminals.
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, secretary-general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, executive council member Delwar Hossain Sayedee, assistant secretaries-general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Quader Molla, BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and former member of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman's cabinet Abdul Alim were arrested on charges of crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.
The tribunal has already framed charges against Sayedee.
BNP acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members A R Gani, Jamiruddin Sircar, A S M Hannan Shah, Rafiqul Islam Mia, Mirza Abbas, Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, vice-president Selima Rahman, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Khandaker Mahbub Hossain and its general secretary Badruzzaman Badal, former attorney general A J Mohammad Ali, former minister Aminul Haque and former president of Dhaka Lawyers Association Sanaullah Mia were present at the press conference at its Nayapaltan headquarters.
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