Toby Cadman, who lobbies internationally for Jamaat-e-Islami leadership, has demanded suspension of the Bangladesh's war crimes tribunals alleging a breach of international law in Motiur Rahman Nizami's death penalty, reports bdnews24.com. The British lawyer has also asked for a freeze on all the sentences handed down by International Crimes Tribunal-1 and 2 claiming "serious prosecutorial and judicial misconduct". The ICT-1 last Wednesday gave Jamaat chief Nizami the capital punishment for his wartime atrocities. Cadman complained: "The tribunal judges failed to apply the proper legal principles as recognised under customary international law at the time of the conflict in 1971 in breach of the principle of legality. "The tribunal judges convicted Nizami for establishing an alleged paramilitary group without presenting any credible evidence," he said in a media statement.

Source: bd News24 October 31, 2025 20:57 UTC