The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), established by the Sheikh Hasina government in 2009 to prosecute those accused of atrocities during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, is now set to deliver its verdict next week — in a case against the ousted prime minister herself. Beyond this twist, the trial has raised questions. Earlier this year, the ICT indicted Hasina and two others on five charges, including crimes against humanity. A closer look at the tribunal reveals that none of the three presiding judges has experience in international law and at least one of them has well-documented ties to the Awami League’s main opponent, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Concerns have also been raised that, with all the judges being from Bangladesh and given the prevalent anti-Awami League sentime

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