No negligence in July genocide trial: Law adviser

Adviser on the law, justice and parliamentary affairs to the interim government Asif Nazrul has said that the trial of the July massacre will be completed by the next Victory Day and there is no negligence on part of the government in the trial of this genocide.

He made the remarks on Saturday (December 28) during the first session of the second day of the national dialogue titled "Unity, Reform, and Elections," organised by the Forum for Bangladesh Studies, at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh auditorium in the capital's Khamarbari.

Nazrul said the interim government has three main tasks: the prosecution of genocide, reform, and elections.

"As the law adviser, my primary responsibility is to prosecute cases of genocide," he added.

Mentioning that there were initially no judges or investigation officers in the International Criminal Tribunal (ICT), the law adviser said a prosecution team was formed within a week.

"The judiciary cannot be put under question by rushing the judicial process. There will be no negligence in the legal proceedings and no delay in the judicial process," he added.

At the beginning of the discussion, the leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Movement spoke. They demanded justice for all the murders and enforced disappearances that have occurred in the country in the last 16 years, including the BDR massacre.

At this time, the general secretary of Islami Chhatra Shibir alleged that the Hasina government's culture of enforced disappearances began with the disappearance of two students from the Islamic University. In addition, Jamaat alleged that the interim government has not yet started the trial of enforced disappearances.

The second session of the dialogue will begin at 2:30pm where the speakers will talk about the responsibility of reforms and the election roadmap. The fifth session will be held at 4:45pm on the country's interests and security in the geopolitical reality.