The International Crimes Tribunal has issued a rule of contempt of court against five Jamaat-Shibir activists and a lawyer of Jamaat-e-Islami.
Tribunal 1 issued the rule against them for calling ‘hartal’ programme over the verdict of war crimes convict ATM Azharul Islam.
The tribunal directed them to give explanation by January 28.
The respondents are Azhar’s defence counsel Tajul Islam, Jamaat’s acting ameer Maqbul Ahmed, acting nayeb-e-ameer Mohibur Rahman, acting secretary general Shafiqur Rahman and its student wing Chhatra Shibir President Abdul Jabbar and General Secretary Md Atikur Rahman.
On December 30, 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 during the 1971 Liberation War.
