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Do you think that government has made substantial progress in the area of Trial of War Criminals?
 

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↑ Government is keeping focus on a promise through rhetoric only.

↑↑ Government has taken a concrete step (allocating finances/formulating policy) towards implementing a promise or in furthering the nation in a specific manifesto area.

↑↑↑ A step taken by a government previously has led to sizable output in a specific area of the manifesto's scope.

↑↑↑↑ An output of nationwide significance, jubilation and/or appreciation has taken place as a result of a government step.

↔ Government actions are ambiguous in a way which does not show their commitment either for or against fulfillment of a manifesto promise.

↑↓ The action has the potential to be either positive or negative and is hard to judge immediately.

↓ Government is not keeping focus on a promise even through rhetoric

↓↓ Government has taken a concrete step (finances/ policy) which will hinder implementation of a promise or will cause the nation to go backward in a specific manifesto area.

↓↓↓ A negative step taken by a government previously has led to significant outcome which is contradictory to the agenda in a specific area of the manifesto.

↓↓↓↓ An output of nationwide public outcry, grievance or mourning which has taken place as a result of a government step.

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One of the biggest shames of our nation is our inability to put on trial the people who carried out inhuman torture and murder of Bangladeshi citizens during the Liberation War of 1971. We await the long due justice, which can be a showcase for the entire world and bring hope to other countries which have also been similarly scarred.
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Trial of War Criminals

Jagorometer Analysis

The trial of war criminals has been one of the most highly publicized election promises of the                                                                                     AL government. After winning the election, the AL politicians seem to have taken it up as one of                                                                                   the priorities, albeit their track in their first year reveal that they have repeatedly promised to                                                                                  start the trial process but then failed due to various procedural issues and other national                                                                                   incidents taking precedence.

  • The first promise was to start the process by early April but could not, allegedly because                                                                                 members of the investigation committee could not be decided.
  • By end of April, the government asked for more time with the justification that the                                                                                   investigation would need to adhere to international standards to make it acceptable.
  • By early July, the Parliament passed the amendments in the International Crimes                                                                                    (Tribunals) Act 1973. However, it was felt by some quarters that the amendments were                                                                                   not adequate and did not align certain key definitions with international war crimes laws.
  • During second week of July, the government promised that the trial would start within a                                                                                   month and would take place at central level through tribunals. This promise also did                                                                                   not materialize except for the fact that the location for the tribunals has been announced.
  • In August, the government set up tribunal location and started preparing the office in                                                                                   November.
  • In mid-December, the government gave yet another promise to start the process by                                                                                   February.
  • In February, the government has promised yet another starting date of 1st week of March

The Prime Minister has asked for support from the UN and the United States in February 2009.                                                                                   However, there has been no specific request for support yet.

 

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