Sham Trial Against Sheikh Hasina: 101 Pro-Liberation Engineers Strongly Condemn and Protest

Staff Correspondent

101 pro-liberation war engineers stationed at home and abroad have strongly condemned and protested against the ongoing trial process at the International Crimes Tribunal against the constitutionally legitimate Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, calling it a “farce”.

In a joint statement, they said that this trial is being carried out in a planned manner to disrupt the country’s infrastructural development under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.

In their opinion, this attempt to weaken the foundation of development is unacceptable.

The engineers who signed the statement said that the ordinance issued by Yunus, who illegally seized power by bypassing parliament and amending the terms of reference of the International Crimes Tribunal, is completely illegal and beyond legal jurisdiction. As a result, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina or anyone from her government cannot be tried in such an illegal court.

Steven Powles KC and Tatiana Eatwell, lawyers at Doughty Street Chambers in London, have raised serious legal questions about the trial process in an urgent appeal to the United Nations. They highlight three major concerns:

1. Trial in absentia and risk of possible death penalty
2. Allegations of political affiliation of judges and prosecutors
3. Fear of selective or biased trial process

In the statement, the engineers also said, “All activities of the court formed on the basis of an illegal ordinance issued by the illegal government must be stopped immediately. International human rights standards are being violated at every stage of the trial process and transparency and accountability are absent.”

They said they reject the trial with disgust. “Whatever the verdict, the engineers do not and will not accept the verdict of the kangaroo court,” the statement said.

List of 101 engineers from home and abroad who signed the statement:

1. Engineer Md. Abdus Sabur, 2. Engineer Shafiqur Rahman Anu, 3. Engineer Nazmul Ahsan, 4. Engineer Md. Hossain, 5. Engineer Md. Mohiuddin Ahmed, 6. Engineer Snehashis Bhowmik, 7. Engineer Abul Hossain, 8. Engineer Nuruzzaman, 9. Engineer Habibur Rahman, 10. Engineer Md. Mujib, 11. Engineer Zahidul Islam, 12. Engineer Aminul Haque Palash, 13. Engineer Shahadat Hossain, 14. Engineer Khokon, 15. Engineer Md. Palash, 16. Engineer Moshiur Rahman, 17. Engineer Md. Dolon, 18. Engineer Md. Habib, 19. Engineer Mahmud Shajahan, 20. Engineer Resad, 21. Engineer Moniruzzaman Mohan, 22. Engineer Shahabuddin Mohammad, 23. Engineer Md. Anwar, 24. Engineer Amjad Hossain, 25. Engineer Rafiqul Alam,

26. Engineer Deepan Kar Deepan, 27. Engineer Anjuman Islam, 28. Engineer Md. Imran, 29. Engineer Nurul Islam, 30. Engineer Abdul Matin, 31. Engineer Abdul Jalil, 32. Engineer Abdul Quader, 33. Engineer Khandaker Kudrat, 34. Engineer Abdul Quddus, 35. Engineer Md. Mozammel, 36. Engineer Md. Habibullah, 37. Engineer Nur Mohammad, 38. Engineer Mohammad Ali, 39. Engineer Abdur Rouf, 40. Engineer Abdul Matin, 41. Engineer Nazrul Islam, 42. Engineer Md. Riaz Sheikh, 43. Engineer Sheikh Waliullah, 44. Engineer Kamrul Islam, 45. Engineer S.M. Ferdous, 46. Engineer Asim Poddar, 47. Engineer Debashish Saha, 48. Engineer Suranjan Chakraborty, 49. Engineer Niranjan Sutradhar, 50. Engineer Sukumar Palit,

51. Engineer Abul Kalam, 52. Engineer Nurul Absar, 53. Engineer Iqbal Hossain, 54. Engineer Mostafa Kamal, 55. Engineer Abul Bashar, 56. Engineer Sirajul Islam, 57. Engineer Pathik Saha, 58. Engineer Sohrab Hossain Bhuiyan, 59. Engineer Mujibur Rahman, 60. Engineer Ziaul Hasan, 61. Engineer Quader Newaz, 62. Engineer Md. Rafiqullah, 63. Engineer Triptimoy Ghoshal, 64. Engineer Md. Jahangir, 65. Engineer Begum Farzana, 66. Engineer Begum Nusrat, 67. Engineer Dr. Elias, 68. Engineer Md. Nasiruddin, 69. Engineer Kamruzzaman, 70. Engineer Pran Kanai Saha, 71. Engineer Zahirul Islam, 72. Engineer Shamsuddin Chowdhury, 73. Engineer Uttam Chakraborty, 74. Engineer Md. Mainuddin, 75. Engineer Manoj Kumar Banik,

76. Engineer Abdur Razzak, 77. Engineer Ashok Chakraborty, 78. Engineer Alauddin Ahmed, 79. Engineer Tajul Islam, 80. Engineer Md. Belal, 81. Engineer Mahmudur Rahman, 82. Engineer Abdul Hannan, 83. Engineer Arifur Rahman, 84. Engineer Ershadullah, 85. Engineer Abdul Wadud, 86. Engineer Shihabuddin, 87. Engineer Mamunur Rashid, 88. Engineer Kamrul Hasan, 89. Engineer Aminur Rashid, 90. Engineer Abdur Rahman, 91. Engineer Mansurul Haque, 92. Engineer Fazlur Rahman, 93. Engineer Abdus Sadek, 94. Engineer Piyush Saha, 95. Engineer Zahir Ahmed, 96. Engineer Asirul Islam, 97. Engineer Gopal Bhowmik, 98. Engineer Md. Faruk A. Khan, 99. Engineer Russell Sarkar, 100. Engineer Md. Selimullah, 101. Engineer Monoranjan Pal