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Kamaruzzaman Trial Timeline
Kamaruzzan verdict Trial timiline of the Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. -
Arrested- July 29, 2010
Kamaruzzaman was arrested in a case of hurting religious -
Shown arrested- October 2, 2010
Kamaruzzaman was shown arrested in the war crimes case on October 2, 2010 -
Formal Charges- January 15, 2012
Prosecution brought formal charges in Tribunal 1 -
Cognisance - January 31, 2012
Tribunal took charges into cognisance -
Case Transfer- April 16, 2012
Case was transferred to International Crimes Tribunal 2 from International Crimes Tribunal 1 -
Indicted- June 4, 2012
International Crimes Tribunal indicted him on seven counts including murder and torture -
Prosecution Hearing- March 24, 2013
Prosecution started arguments on Kamaruzzaman cases -
Prosecution Hearing ends- March 31, 2013
Prosecution closed arguments on Kamaruzzaman cases -
Defence Hearing - April 1, 2013
Defence started arguments on Kamaruzzaman cases -
Defence Hearing ends- April 15, 2013
Defence closed arguments on Kamaruzzaman cases -
Judgment reserved - April 16, 2013
Prosecution sought capital punishment against him. After hearing of both prosecution and defence, Tribunal 2 reserved judgment -
Verdict set to pronounce- May 8, 2013
Tribunal set May 9, 2013 to deliver the verdict against Kamaruzzaman -
Verdict - May 9, 2013
Tribunal 2 passed the verdict and handed capital punishment to Kamaruzzaman for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War -
Appeal petition- June 6, 2013
Defence counsels filed the appeal petition with the Supreme Court against the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) verdict that handed down capital punishment to the Jamaat leader -
Appeal hearing begins- June 5, 2014
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has started the hearing on appeal petition filed by Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Mohammad Kamaruzzaman challenging the death penalty for war crimes in 1971 -
Final Hearing concludes- September 17, 2014
On concluding hearing on the appeal, the bench kept the appeal waiting for verdict -
Final Verdict - November 3, 2014
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has given death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former al-Badr man Kamaruzzaman for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 -
Appeal verdict
Upholding the death penalty for Kamaruzzaman given by a tribunal in a war crimes case, the Supreme Court released the 579-page full verdict -
Review petition rejection
The Supreme Court rejected the review petition. The Appellate Division upheld the Jamaat leader’s death penalty for killing 144 people at Sohagpur village in Sherpur during the 1971 Liberation War. Kamaruzzaman can only seek presidential clemency.
