Staff Reporter :
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Wednesday met Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Johan Frisell and discussed the European Union’s call for repeal of death sentence.
After meeting, Huq told the newsmen that he told the Swedish ambassador
that Bangladesh would ‘try its best not to award capital punishment’ to the people on charges other than war crimes ‘unnecessarily’.
“I told Frisell that there was no scope to stop executing war criminals if any accused was sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal,” the Minister said.
The women and children affairs ministry will decide the minimum age for women to marry by incorporating ‘everyone’s opinion’, he told Swedish envoy.
The minister said the proposal to amend the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 for trying Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party was submitted to the Cabinet long ago.
“I’ve asked people related to the matter to present the proposal in Cabinet meeting as soon as possible. There is no reason for the delay,” Huq said.
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Wednesday met Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Johan Frisell and discussed the European Union’s call for repeal of death sentence.
After meeting, Huq told the newsmen that he told the Swedish ambassador
that Bangladesh would ‘try its best not to award capital punishment’ to the people on charges other than war crimes ‘unnecessarily’.
“I told Frisell that there was no scope to stop executing war criminals if any accused was sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal,” the Minister said.
The women and children affairs ministry will decide the minimum age for women to marry by incorporating ‘everyone’s opinion’, he told Swedish envoy.
The minister said the proposal to amend the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 for trying Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party was submitted to the Cabinet long ago.
“I’ve asked people related to the matter to present the proposal in Cabinet meeting as soon as possible. There is no reason for the delay,” Huq said.
