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Bangladesh’s Kangaroo courts sully credibility: Corporations leave

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The Civil War in Bangladesh continues. The Awami League in its first tenure of office banned all political parties and declared Mujibpresident for life“. The Bangladeshis didn’t buy this, murdered him and his entire family and left his body near the local garbage dumpster to rot in the streets for days.

In the last elections, the BNP had actually won. The Awami Leageue came to power through a judicial coup and a rigged elections. The AL was going to lose this election and the BNP was to win in a landslide. During this stint, the AL resurrected fake allegations, banned all books by Moudoudi and wants to ban the JI–its nemesis. One of the former JI chiefs, Dilawar Hussain Sayeedi, was sentenced to death by the special tribunal.

The Economist has discussed the Kangaroo courts in Bangladesh:

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    The government has interfered in the court’s deliberations. Public discussion of the proceedings has been restricted.

  • The number of defence witnesses was curtailed. One was even kidnapped on the steps of the court.
  • In one case, the presiding judge resigned and the death sentence was handed down by three men who had not heard all the witnesses.
  • In another, the defendant was represented by a lawyer who did not have nearly enough time to prepare a case. That also ended in a death sentence.
  • These are profound judicial failings, falling short not only of the standards of the Eichmann trial but also of the requirements of Bangladeshi law.
  • They contradict repeated government assurances that the trials would be models of judicial process.
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The Bangladeshi civil war being waged on the streets of Dhaka didnt start this year—it has been going on for half a century, and some would argue for a century.

The Economist says “But justice does not exist solely for those with a particular approved outlook…Eventually Bangladeshis will also come to recognise this and demand a proper accounting. But by then it will be too late. The war-crimes tribunal is poisoning the well from which Bangladesh will one day want to drink..”

The Wall Street Journal describes the impact on the overall Bangaldeshi economy as such “Troubles in Bangladesh are beginning to spoil its reputation among foreign companies that had flooded into the country—and are highlighting risks to investors looking for new manufacturing bases cheaper than China…An upswing in the past few years that had lifted this impoverished South Asian nation into one of the world’s top clothing exporters now risks slipping through its fingers after a series of tumultuous events.” The WSJ describes the fact that companies like Tesco Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Carrefour CA., VF Corp are moving out of the country.

By Mansoor Jafar writing for Al-Jazeera in an article titled “Bangladesh rage against Mursi’s friends” says:

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    Bangladesh Civil War 1971 (Photo credit: Wikipedia). MUkti Bahni terrorists killing civilians

    However, despite separating from Pakistan, the spirit of Islam remained alive and kicking among Bangali populace, which also manifested in shape of their love towards Pakistan on several occasions like backing Pakistan in sports contests against India, and Bangali intellectuals floating occasional suggestions of confederation with Pakistan.

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    Bangladesh / India (Photo credit: mskarim বশীর)

    Hasina Wajid and other Bangali nationalists, ostensibly, hate to see the spirit of Islam and the consequent love for Pakistan among her countrymen still countering the sentiments of Bangali nationalism.

  • It explains for her taking a constitutional course for banning Muslim groups in the country through the controversial tribunal.
  • Apart from sentiments of Bangali nationalism and Islam, secular intellectuals in Bangladesh have to prove they won independence on their own and not by riding Indian tanks.
  • Do they have the courage to set a tribunal for war crimes of Mukti Bahini and those it committed against humanity?
  • Have they got the guts to sift through the history to distinguish truth from lies?
  • Have they got the guts to explain why those defending their country against internal and external enemies were adjudged as traitors, only because they lost against the enemies?
  • But those conspiring and helping enemies were adjudged as heroes, because they won?

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