As many as 1,001 progressive teachers of public universities in Bangladesh have rejected the verdict against five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, terming it farcical and unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Signed by Dr. Mahbub Alam Pradeep, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, the statement said: \u201cWe note with deep anger and sadness that the verdict was announced by the International Crimes Tribunal against Sheikh Hasina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is the successful Prime Minister of Bangladesh and President of the Awami League. The ICT-BD has now taken the form of a kangaroo court through its dictatorial, biased, and anti-justice activities, including false witness testimony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FULL STATEMENT OF SHEIKH HASINA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The crores of people in this country, inspired by the ideals of Bangabandhu, independence, and the spirit of the liberation war, have rejected such a hateful, conspiratorial, and predetermined verdict against Sheikh Hasina, the architect of a modern and prosperous Bangladesh, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe, the progressive teachers’ community, who believe in the spirit of independence and the liberation war, express solidarity with the general public of Bangladesh and reject the farcical verdict of the Kangaroo Court with hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, the party announced a total shutdown on Tuesday and demonstrations from Wednesday to Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bangabandhu\u2019s daughter, Sheikh Hasina, denounced the court verdict convicting her of \u201ccrimes against humanity\u201d as a \u201cbiased and politically motivated sham\u201d delivered by an \u201cillegal tribunal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe verdicts announced against me have been made by a rigged tribunal established and presided over by an unelected government with no democratic mandate,\u201d Hasina said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey are biased and politically motivated, orchestrated by a court widely criticised as illegitimate and run under the influence of the war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami party, which has long disregarded Bangladesh\u2019s laws and international standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hasina categorically rejected the tribunal\u2019s authority, dismissing all charges as fabricated. \u201cIt\u2019s a guilty verdict against me that was a foregone conclusion from an apparatus designed to convict, not to seek truth,\u201d she added in her detailed five-page statement. She expressed willingness to face a fair trial remotely from abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am not afraid to face my accusers in a proper tribunal where the evidence can be weighed and tested fairly,\u201d she declared. \u201cThat is why I have repeatedly challenged the interim government to bring these charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague\u2014a venue they dread, knowing the ICT-BD\u2019s own record of illegality and bias would collapse under scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She further accused the Yunus-led setup of fearing ICC examination of its human rights record, including extrajudicial killings and suppression of dissent. Hasina lambasted Yunus for seizing power \u201cunconstitutionally\u201d with backing from \u201cextremist elements,\u201d including Jamaat, whose history of violence and opposition to Bangladesh\u2019s secular ethos casts a dark shadow over the tribunal\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ICT-BD: Sheikh Hasina snubs false charges in illegal court<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Complete Shutdown: Sheikh Hasina urges all to make it successful<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n