Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes
Tribunal (ICT) Mohammad Tajul Islam today said that the July 2024 Mass
Uprising had become inevitable as the Awami League (AL) government gradually
turned into a “monster” during its 15-year rule.
Presenting arguments in the crimes against humanity case against three,
including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Tajul outlined the background
that led to the mass uprising.
“The Awami League government increasingly turned into a monstrous regime over
the years,” the chief prosecutor told the three-member ICT-1 bench headed by
Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder.
He said the process began with the Pilkhana carnage, which crippled the
country’s defence backbone, followed by a culture of enforced disappearances
and killings.
Later, Tajul said, the ruling party destroyed the country’s electoral system,
abolished the caretaker government system, and institutionalised corruption
at every level.
“The regime’s ultimate goal was to suppress the people through fear and
oppression,” the chief prosecutor said, adding, “This monstrous rule finally
unleashed a full-scale assault on our young generation in 2024.”বিস্তারিত