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Press conference of Awami League and Bengali community leaders in the United States
November 20, SAIP USA Representative:

International human rights organizations, including the United Nations, Human Rights Watch, have expressed concern over the trial and death penalty verdict in the absence of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in the case of crimes against humanity.

They expressed their concern about human rights in separate statements.

Both men were tried in absentia and were not given access to lawyers of their choice, raising serious human rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said in a statement.

The United Nations Human Rights Office, on the other hand, has opposed the death penalty verdict, as the United Nations has been calling for the abolition of such sentences for a long time.

At the same time, they emphasized on the establishment of justice in Bangladesh.

However, the UN Human Rights Office described the verdict as a 'moment for victims'.

Additionally, Amnesty International responded that the 'unprecedented speed' of the trial in absentia and the verdict raised 'significant concerns' for the justice of the case.

Following this, the Awami League and Bengali community leaders living in the United States held a press conference criticizing this verdict and protesting.

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The judgment of the International Criminal Tribunal for Bangladesh in the case of 'crimes against humanity' filed against the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and three accused will be announced on Monday.

Awami League, whose activities are banned in Bangladesh, is demanding a 'complete shutdown' program on Sunday and Monday in protest and citing various demands including canceling the proceedings of this court.

A leader of the group, which has been banned from political activities by the interim government, said the program was "against the verdict of drama in the name of illegal trial in illegal courts". Supporters of the party are campaigning in its favor on social media.

International Criminal Tribunal Prosecutor Gazi Monawar Hussain Tamim said on Sunday, "Bangladesh Television will broadcast the part of the judgment which will be read out by the Tribunal subject to the permission of the Tribunal. Other media can also broadcast directly through Bangladesh Television".

Meanwhile, since Saturday night, there have been several incidents of vehicle fire and cocktail explosions in different parts of the country. However, the police say that security plans have been taken keeping in mind all the issues. So there is no reason to panic'.

Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said, "Law and order forces are ready to prevent any kind of chaos in the country".

Meanwhile, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said in an event in Dhaka, "Tomorrow Monday, Sheikh Hasina
A faction is plotting to create anarchy in the country based on the verdict of Ga-na-ha-tya”.

In a press conference of eight parties including Jamaat, Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Ghulam Parwar said that they will be in the field on Monday and will not allow anyone to sabotage.