ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the recent execution of the top Bangladeshi Jamaat leaders. In a democratic system of government, any political party has the right to oppose any decision made by the political regime. The chapter analyses the historical background in the formation of the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) in 1973, its postponement up to 2009 and the reopening of the Tribunal in 2010. An examination of some recent cases of the ICTB is also relevant in reaching a plausible conclusion on the actual role of Jamaat leaders in the 1971 War. The actual role of Jamaat leaders was that they opposed the Liberation War, but there was no proven evidence that they committed any crime as individuals or at the organizational level. The constitutional amendments continue to be in force and have a substantial impact on the trials and the ICTB’s legal framework.
