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Monday, August 23, 2010

[ALOCHONA] Case filed against ZIA. Why Col Taher military trial not illegal?



Why Col Taher military trial not illegal: HC (Case filed against ZIA)
[source: Daily Star]

The High Court (HC) on Monday asked the government to explain why the Martial Law regulations under which Colonel Taher was sentenced to death should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.
The rule is returnable within three weeks.
The HC also directed the government to produce the records of the trail of Col Taher and 15 others who were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment in connection with a sedition case.
The court came up with the rule and order following a writ petition filed on August 22.
Taher's wife Lutfa Taher, his brother Anwar Hossain; and Fatema Yousuf, the wife of Yousuf Ali Khan who was sentenced to life term imprisonment in a secret trail on July 17, 1976; jointly filed the writ petition.
The sedition case was filed against Taher and 32 others and they were tried under Martial Law Regulations No-16 of 1976 at a secret trial on July 17, 1976 when Ziaur Rahman was the chief Martial Law Administrator of the country. The martial court convicted 16 people including Taher.
Later, the death sentence of Col Taher was executed on July 21, 1976.


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