Withdraw comment on ICT SCF asks AI

The Sector Commanders' Forum of the Liberation War has asked Amnesty International to withdraw its comment on the verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal. Harun Habib, secretary general of the Sector Commanders’ Forum, said at a press conference at the National Press Club in the city yesterday (Friday) that the human rights organisation has violated the “sovereignty of the judiciary” of independent Bangladesh.
Amnesty International, a global body committed to defending those denied justice or freedom, posted on its website on October 27: “Death penalty by the war crimes tribunal extremely regrettable”. Habib demanded withdrawal of the comment "on a sub-judice matter”, saying it is clear interference in the judicial process of a sovereign nation. In a letter to Amnesty’s secretary general, Salil Shetty, the Forum alleged that Amnesty was “trying to defend the accused and not the victims of their atrocities”.
“Referring to the criminal acts, Amnesty International has deliberately avoided the internationally recognised terminology of ‘genocide’ and ‘crimes against humanity’ to describe the crimes Pakistani forces and their local cohorts committed in Bangladesh during the Liberation War in 1971,” Habib added.

Withdraw comment on ICT SCF asks AI

The Sector Commanders Forum of the Liberation War has asked Amnesty International to withdraw its comment on the verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal. Harun Habib, secretary general of the Sector Commanders Forum, said at a press conference at the National Press Club in the city yesterday (Friday) that the human rights organisation has violated the sovereignty of the judiciary of independent Bangladesh. Amnesty International, a global body committed to defending those denied justice or freedom, posted on its website on October 27: Death penalty by the war crimes tribunal extremely regrettable. Habib demanded withdrawal of the comment on a sub-judice matter, saying it is clear interference in the judicial process of a sovereign nation. In a letter to Amnestys secretary general, Salil Shetty, the Forum alleged that Amnesty was trying to defend the accused and not the victims of their atrocities. Referring to the criminal acts, Amnesty International has deliberately avoided the internationally recognised terminology of genocide and crimes against humanity to describe the crimes Pakistani forces and their local cohorts committed in Bangladesh during the Liberation War in 1971, Habib added.