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For almost decades, since its inception, Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), formed under The International Crimes (Tribunal) Act 1973, has tried to borrow the gravitas of global justice systems simply by adding the word — international — to its name.

According to the crucial ICT documents, exclusively accessed by News 18, the tribunal — before 2024 — has two substantial sets of cases. Those were followed by investigations and trials. Apart from the widely known trial of the ‘rajakar’ or ‘war criminal’ of 1971 (known as Muktijuddha or freedom fight that gave birth to Bangladesh), there was another crucial case against the members of Jamaat.

Listed in 2023, the major case has 36 First Information Report (FIR), 187 accused , of which 77 were absco

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