During the appeal hearing for convicted Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam, defense counsel Mohammad Shishir Monir stated that the International Crimes Tribunal was biased and pre-planned. He argued that top Jamaat leaders were unjustly executed and credited divine intervention for Azhar’s survival. He further alleged that individuals linked to the cases—such as Aman Azmi, Barrister Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem, and Humam Quader Chowdhury—were forcibly disappeared and held in secret detention.