The International Crimes Tribunal 1 yesterday exonerated Tajul Islam, the lawyer for war crimes convict ATM Azharul Islam, and three other Jamaat leaders from a contempt of court charge.
Tajul sought unconditional apology to the tribunal, while the Jamaat leaders – Jamaat’s acting ameer Maqbul Ahmed, acting nayeb-e-ameer Mohibur Rahman, acting secretary general Shafiqur Rahman – submitted respective explanations regarding their contempt charge.
The tribunal cleared them of the contempt charge, but asked the men to be more careful while commenting on the judicial process.
The tribunal further issued a ruling against Shibir President Abdul Jabbar and General Secretary Md Atikur Rahman, asking them to explain within three weeks why action should not be taken against them for their statements about a war crimes verdict.
On December 30 last year, Jamaat-e-Islami called a two-day countrywide shutdown for December 31 and January 1, protesting the death penalty to its leader ATM Azharul Islam for war crimes.
Later, the tribunal issued the contempt of court ruling against the men for calling the two-day hartals over the verdict.
