[chottala.com] Parliament adopts resolution on trying war criminals

BREAKING NEWS JS backs trial of war criminals     Thu, Jan 29th, 2009 8:35 pm BdST

Kamran Reza Chowdhury and Sumon Mahbub bdnews24.com senior correspondents Dhaka, Jan 29 (bdnews24.com)—Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution on the "immediate" trial of war criminals. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina urged the speaker to adopt the resolution as the property of the House. "I categorically say we must try war criminals. It is our election pledge," said the PM. Speaker Abdul Hamid placed the resolution, proposed by Mahmud-us-Samad MP for Sylhet-3, into vote. All the ruling party lawmakers shouted "yes" in favour of the resolution. It was passed in the absence of the main opposition party BNP and its allies, against whom there are allegations of war crimes. The opposition MPs boycotted the House on the day over a dispute on seating arrangements. "The proposal on the trial of war criminals has been accepted unanimously by the House," Hamid announced. http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=75077&hb=0

Parliament adopts resolution on trying war criminals

The parliament today unanimously adopted a resolution on the trial of war criminals, amid the boycott of the opposition on a row over seating rearrangement.[Daily Star]

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