Bangla Trials: A partial reckoning
Abdul Quader Mollah certainly did himself no favours when, earlier this month, he flashed a smile and a V-sign as he emerged from a hearing of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka that had just sentenced him to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity committed during Bangladesh’s struggle for independence in 1971. The culprit’s body language, interpreted as an indication that he felt he had got off lightly, helped to spark off mass protests in Dhaka’s Shahbagh area...
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