Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid emphasis on introducing Nuremberg trial system in the country where there will be no need for any witness against war criminals.
"There’s no need for any witness for the trial of war criminals as documents are there,” she said as the party leaders greeted her on the occasion of her Homecoming Day at Ganobhaban on Thursday morning.
“Justices in Nuremberg do not take any witness, and that trial [process] is still there as the trial for war crimes in the World War II is going on. We can take that type of step in our country, too.”
She said the witnesses of war criminals are facing attacks and torture. "I’ve received complaints of many such incidents and taken steps."
The Prime Minister said the attackers of witnesses will also be treated as war criminals. "They must face the same trial as war criminals…they must get the capital punishment," she said.
Sheikh Hasina urged the party leaders and activists to look after the witnesses of war crimes. "Make sure no one can torture them," she said, UNB reported.
The war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh has so far given 32 verdicts with the last on May 10 in war crimes cases since it was formed in 2010.
