The government will not compromise with the provision of death penalty in the cases of war crimes, Law Minister Anisul Haque has said.
“However, the government will consider the provision of death penalty, which is being condemned all over the world, in other cases,” he told the media on Sunday afternoon after meeting foreign envoys.
“But the International Crimes Tribunal has the provision of death penalty and there will be no compromise,” he said.
The statement was made after European Union ambassador to Bangladesh William Hanna, Swedish envoy Anneli Lindahl Kenny and French Ambassador Michel Trinquier.
The law minister briefed the media after the meeting.
The three ambassadors said to have expressed concerns over the provision of death penalty, extra-judicial killings and the role of civil society in Bangladesh.
The law minister said Bangladesh defended the provision of death penalty for war criminals. “It is the least amount of punishment for their atrocities during 1971.”
The western world have been in criticism of the death penalty in Bangladesh, what could be observed especially after the verdicts of war crimes.