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Syed Haider Ali (lawyer)
Syed Haider Ali is a Bangladeshi lawyer and former prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh), International Crimes Tribunal with the rank and status of the Attorney General of Bangladesh. He prosecuted Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Ghulam Azam. Career In May 2007, Ali was the defender of Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, an Awami League politician, along with Syed Rezaur Rahman and Sahara Khatun, Shahara Khatun. Ali resigned as deputy attorney general of Bangladesh in June 2008. Ali was appointed a prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal with the rank and status of an additional Attorney General of Bangladesh in March 2010. He represented the state in the trial of politicians Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Delawar Hossain Sayedee, Abdul Alim (politician), Abdul Alim, and Abul Kalam Azad (politician, born 1947), Abul Kalam Azad. He was the persecutor for Motiur Rahman Nizami. He argued for accepting newspaper reports as evidence in the tribunal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)
The International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh), abbreviated as, ICT (Bangladesh), is a domestic war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh set up in 2009 to investigate and prosecute suspects for the genocide committed in 1971 by the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators Razakars, Al-Badr and Al-Shams during the Bangladesh Liberation War. During the 2008 general election, the Awami League (AL) pledged to try war criminals. The government set up the tribunal after the Awami League won the general election in December 2008 with a more than two-thirds majority in parliament. The War Crimes Fact Finding Committee, tasked to investigate and find evidence, completed its report in 2008, identifying 1,600 suspects. Prior to the formation of the ICT, the United Nations Development Programme offered assistance in 2009 on the tribunal's formation. In 2009, the parliament amended the 1973 act that authorised such a tribunal to update it. The first indictments were issued in 2010. However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Tajul Islam
Mohammad Tajul Islam () is a Bangladeshi lawyer at the Bangladesh Supreme Court, currently serving as the Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, which was established to prosecute crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh. He was appointed to this position on September 7, 2024, by the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs. Before this role, he worked as a defense lawyer at the same tribunal. Career Tajul Islam was a defense lawyer of leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami charged with war crimes at the International Crimes Tribunal, and had worked with Barrister Abdur Razzaq. He defended Jamat's Leader Abdul Quader Molla at the International Crimes Tribunal in 2013, who was sentenced to death. He was the defense lawyer of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed, secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, and charged with committing war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation War. In March 2015, Islam was briefly d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Tania Amir
Tania Amir is a Bangladeshi barrister and rights activist. Early life Amir was born on 27 September 1964. Her father is Barrister M Amir-ul Islam. She studied at the Holy Cross Girls School, United Nations International School, St Francis Xavier's Green Herald International School, and Scholastica. She graduated from the University of Buckingham in 1990 with a law degree and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn. Career Amir joined the Bangladesh High Court in 1991, and the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1993 as a lawyer. She founded and is the head of chambers of Amir & Amir Law Associates. Amir received the Begum Rokeya Shining Personality Award in 2005. She was the chairman of the Private Rural Initiative Program' (PRIP) Trust. She hosted TV show ''Tarokader Adda.'' Amir filed a petition against President Iajuddin Ahmed becoming head of the caretaker government and the Bangladesh Election Commission declaring an election date in November 2006. She got into a heated argument with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AM Amin Uddin
Abu Mohammad Amin Uddin (known as A. M. Amin Uddin; born 29 September 1962) is a Bangladeshi lawyer who served as 16th attorney general of Bangladesh. He is former president of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association Executive Committee for the terms 2019–2020 and 2020–2021. Early life Uddin was born in Kulaura Upazila, Moulvibazar District in the then East Pakistan. He completed his HSC from Dhaka City College and bachelor's from Dhaka University. He earned his LLB degree from Central Law College in 1982. Career Uddin started practicing as a lawyer on 26 October 1987. He was later enrolled in the High Court Division on 28 October 1989 and in the Appellate Division in 2003, both of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Uddin has served as an assistant attorney general from 1996 to 2000. He was the deputy attorney general from 2000 to 2001. Uddin served as the secretary of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association Executive Committee 2006 - 2007. In 2008, as secretary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shafique Ahmed
Shafique Ahmed (born 16 July 1937) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He served as the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh. Education Ahmed earned his bachelor's and master's in geography from the University of Dhaka in 1958 and 1959 respectively. He earned his LL.B degree from the same university in 1963. He earned his LL.M degree from King's College London in 1967. He received his Bar-at-law from Lincoln's Inn in 1967. Career Shafiq Ahmed served as an adjunct faculty member at the Law Department of Dhaka University from 1969 to 1973. He also served as the Principal of City Law College, Dhaka from 1973 to 2005. Concurrently, he was a member of the Dhaka University Senate. He was enrolled as an advocate at the High Court in 1967 and was elevated to the status of a Senior Advocate in the Appellate Division in 1989. He was elected President of the Supreme Court Bar Association on two occasions: 1999-2000 and 2008-2009. Furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul
Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul (born 30 November 1959) is a Bangladeshi journalist and former president of a faction of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists. In recognition of his contributions to journalism, the Bangla Academy awarded him an honorary Bangla Academy Fellowship in 2020. Bulbul is former chief executive officer and chief editor of Ekushey Television. Throughout his career, he has worked with several television channels, including ATN Bangla and Boishakhi TV. He was the editor-in-chief oTV Today.He is the former chairman of Association for Social Advancement. Early life Bulbul was born on 30 November 1959, in Nalitabari, Sherpur District, then part of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). His father was Amzad Hossain Talukder, and his mother was Begum Rowshan Ara. Career Bulbul was the executive editor of the daily Sangbad in 2006. He was the Chief of News of ATN Bangla in 2007. He served in a committee to monitor the textbook distribution by National Curriculum and Text ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozammel Haque Babu
Mozammel Haque Babu is a Bangladeshi journalist and former CEO and chief editor of Ekattor TV. He was the president of Editors Guild. He was also the vice-president of Association of Television Channel Owners. Babu is currently in jail on charges of abetting genocide, crimes against humanity, and murder during the student protests. Mozammel Babu was detained by local authorities while attempting to illegally cross the Dhobaura border area in Mymensingh district into India. The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed banks to freeze Babu's accounts. The Bangladesh Journalists in International Media (BJIM) and The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have expressed serious concerns over his detention. Career Babu founded weekly Deshbandhu in 1987, where Anisul Hoque worked. He later founded Purbabhas, another weekly. Babu was one of the founders of Editors Guild to protect freedom of the press. Babu moderated a session of Dhaka Global Dialogue, 2019. Babu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahriar Kabir
Shahriar Kabir (; born 20 November 1950) is a Bangladeshi journalist, filmmaker, human rights activist, war crimes researcher and author of more than 70 books focusing on human rights, communalism, fundamentalism, history, and the Bangladesh war of independence. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1995. He is the President of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee. He is the former president of Forum for Secular Bangladesh. He has cooperated with the renowned anti-racist and anti-fascist group the “Never Again” Association, based in Poland. In 2001, he was recognized by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience for his peaceful and non-violent activism in defence of the rights of religious and ethnic minorities. Early life and education Kabir was born in Feni District, Chittagong Division, East Pakistan and now in Bangladesh on 20 November 1950. He attended St Gregory's School. He passed his higher secondary exam from Jagannath College. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury
Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury (1 April 1949) is a Bangladeshi journalist and the editor of ''The Daily Observer''. He served as the media and information affairs advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for almost 5 years. Early life and education Chowdhury was born in Fatehpur of Feni Sadar Upazila in Feni District. He completed both his bachelor degree in political science and his masters in public administration at the University of Dhaka. Career Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury serves as the founding editor of ''The Daily Observer''. He had been the last editor of The Bangladesh Observer before it was shut down by its owners following reports of irregularities surrounding staff pay. He is a former president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists. He also served as a member of Bangladesh Film Censor Board, Bangladesh Press Council, and National Education Policy Draft Committee. He is the chairman of the Mohammadi Group and the founding chairman of DBC News. He also served as the med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motaher Hossain Sazu
Motaher Hossain Sazu is a lawyer and former deputy attorney general of Bangladesh. In June 2024, Sazu represented petitioners seeking to restore a 30% quota in the Bangladesh Civil Service for children and grandchildren of Bangladesh Liberation War veterans, winning a verdict that led to the 2024 quota reform movement and the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government. Following the government’s collapse, he was sued for the alleged murder of a student protester, along with several high-profile figures. The High Court granted him anticipatory bail, citing his senior status and absence from the incident site. Career In November 2011, Sazu and SM Rezaul Karim led a group of pro-Awami League lawyers into the office of the President of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association Khandker Mahbub Hossain and remove photos of former President Ziaur Rahman, politician Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, and former chief of Bangladesh Army MAG Osmani from the office. Another gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |