The trial of dismissed army officer Major General Ziaul Ahsan begins today, Sunday, at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 in Dhaka. The three-member tribunal, chaired by Justice Golam Mortuza Mojumdar, will open proceedings with the prosecution’s introductory statement. The other members are Justice Shafiul Alam Mahmud and Judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury. The first witness testimony is also scheduled for recording today. Earlier, on January 14, the tribunal rejected Ziaul’s plea for discharge and formally framed charges against him.
Ziaul Ahsan faces three charges of crimes against humanity, including the killing of detainees in Gazipur in July 2011, mass executions in the coastal areas of Barguna’s Patharghata, and staged “gunfights” in the Sundarbans under the guise of anti-bandit operations. The prosecution alleges that these acts resulted in the deaths of over a hundred people during the Awami League’s one-and-a-half-decade rule.
The tribunal proceedings mark a significant step in addressing allegations of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings attributed to security operations during that period.
স্টাফ রিপোর্টার প্রকাশ : ০৮ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০২৬, ১০: ০৪আপডেট : ০৮ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০২৬, ১০: ১৭ স্টাফ রিপোর্টার আওয়ামী লীগের দেড় দশকের শাসনামলে শতাধিক মানুষকে গুম-খুন করে হত্যার ঘটনায় মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধের মামলায় বরখাস্ত সেনা কর্মকর্তা মেজর জেনারেল জিয়াউল আহ
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