ended citing the New York-based
Human Rights Watch on the note that
the tribunal procedures were short of
international standard.
The Times of India published a
condensed version of the AFP story.
Associated Press (AP), who on an
earlier occasion had identified the
tribunal as controversial, had no
mentioning of the Ganajagaran
Mancha and said the ―ruling Awami
League and its allies‖ were the only
ones to celebrate the verdict. The
Washington Post published the AP
story. Reuters did not contain any
information of the verdict being
welcomed from separate quarters of
the population.
Qatar-based Al Jazeera published a
short version of the AFP report and
added additional information about
the international crimes tribunal. The
report said Bangladesh had been in
unrest since the trials against the war
criminals were established. It also
disagreed with the number of
casualties during the Liberation War
of Bangladesh. An Israel-based news
outlet, Arutz Sheva, dubbed the death
ruling
of
Quader
Molla
―controversial‖ and said the verdict
was ―bound to anger Bangladeshi
Islamists.‖
The
report
said:
―secularist groups accuse Molla of
being the notorious Butcher of
Mirpur.‖
Fresh protests continued across
Bangladesh against the December 16
Pakistan
National
Assembly
resolution criticising war criminal
Abdul Quader Mollah's execution
while demands were also raised for
severing diplomatic ties till Pakistan
apologizes.
Immanuel Paul is a freelance journalist at CNN iReport. He can be reached
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