bdnews24.com :
British lawyer Geoffrey Robertson wants trial of some freedom fighters for alleged war crimes perpetrated against surrendered Pakistani troops and Urdu-speaking civilians locally called ‘Biharis’.
“There are some severe allegations of war crimes against the Bengali freedom fighters ,” Robertson told a London press conference on Wednesday.
“These war crimes were committed against the 3 million Urdu-speaking population and others who supported the unity of Pakistan. So there should be trial for these crimes as well.”
Robertson was critical of excluding these freedom fighters from the ongoing war crimes trials that
targets collaborators of the Pakistan army, especially leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami.
“Letting them (freedom fighters) go scot free is a travesty of justice because they had also committed serious crimes during the 1971 war.”
Robertson, like other foreign lawyers of the Jamaat-e-Islami, came down on the ‘lack of global standards’ in the ongoing war crimes trials in Bangladesh.
British lawyer Geoffrey Robertson wants trial of some freedom fighters for alleged war crimes perpetrated against surrendered Pakistani troops and Urdu-speaking civilians locally called ‘Biharis’.
“There are some severe allegations of war crimes against the Bengali freedom fighters ,” Robertson told a London press conference on Wednesday.
“These war crimes were committed against the 3 million Urdu-speaking population and others who supported the unity of Pakistan. So there should be trial for these crimes as well.”
Robertson was critical of excluding these freedom fighters from the ongoing war crimes trials that
targets collaborators of the Pakistan army, especially leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami.
“Letting them (freedom fighters) go scot free is a travesty of justice because they had also committed serious crimes during the 1971 war.”
Robertson, like other foreign lawyers of the Jamaat-e-Islami, came down on the ‘lack of global standards’ in the ongoing war crimes trials in Bangladesh.
