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All prosecutors from the International Crimes Tribunal have submitted their resignation letters, following the lead of the Chief Prosecutor. The resignation of the last two prosecutors, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court Syed Rezaur Rahman (honorary) and Prosecutor Sabina Yasmin Khan Munni, has left the tribunal without any prosecutors.
Advocate Rana Dasgupta, one of the resigning prosecutors, confirmed this development on Saturday (August 17). According to Administrative Officer Masud Rana, prior to this, four other prosecutors had resigned, including Chief Prosecutor Syed Haider Ali, Advocate Rana Dasgupta, Advocate Zahid Imam, and Barrister Sheikh Moshfeq Kabir. The total number of resignations now stands at 13.
On August 13, Masud Rana confirmed that four prosecutors—Shahidur Rahman, Abul Kalam Azad, Rezia Sultana Chaman, and Altaf Uddin Ahmed, had resigned on the morning of August 12. Later, Advocate Zahid Imam and Barrister Sheikh Moshfeq Kabir submitted their resignations on Tuesday night.
Two senior prosecutors, Chief Advocate Syed Haider Ali and Rana Dasgupta, submitted their resignations on Tuesday morning. Subsequently, on August 14, Prosecutor Sultan Mahmud Simon, Prosecutor Mohammad Muklesur Rahman Badal, and Barrister Tapas Kanti Bal also resigned.
The International Crimes Tribunal was established 39 years after independence to prosecute crimes against humanity, with its formal inauguration on March 25, 2010. Another tribunal, Tribunal-2, was established on March 22, 2012, but the two were merged into a single tribunal on September 15, 2015. Currently, the trial proceedings are ongoing in the sole remaining tribunal, International Crimes Tribunal-1.
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