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Published on May 27, 2025
The entire nation stands shocked and outraged as the Appellate Division has acquitted notorious war criminal ATM Azharul Islam, long identified as a perpetrator of crimes against humanity. This day will be remembered as a dark and disgraceful chapter in the history of Bangladesh.
On behalf of the Bangladesh Awami League, we strongly condemn and protest this heinous decision.
This verdict once again reveals the true face of the ultra-communal, anti-liberation forces that forcibly overthrew the elected government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5 of last year. At the core of this anti-Bangladesh agenda lies Jamaat-e-Islami, the primary political vehicle of pro-Pakistani ideology.
Today’s acquittal is not a legal decision—it is a political reward. It is the result of the fascist Yunus regime’s direct interference in the judiciary, used as a tool to rehabilitate and reward Jamaat, by overturning a verdict that was built upon years of rigorous legal process, evidence, and testimonies.
What we are witnessing in Bangladesh today is not justice—it is a travesty masquerading as justice. The judiciary, once a sacred institution for impartiality and truth, is now reduced to a puppet of an illegitimate, authoritarian regime and its mob-driven politics.
This circus of justice has enabled a war criminal—one who stood against the very birth of Bangladesh—to walk free. Meanwhile, those who led the fight for independence, including Sheikh Hasina and other national leaders, now face fabricated and farcical trials under this illegitimate regime.
We firmly believe that no patriotic citizen who breathes in the air of a free Bangladesh will ever accept such an insult to our Liberation War, nor will they tolerate the rehabilitation of war criminals and pro-Pakistani politics under any disguise.
This acquittal is a dangerous attempt to legitimize anti-liberation forces and drag Bangladesh back into the shadows of 1971. But we believe—with the unyielding spirit of the people and under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh will continue its fight against these treacherous forces and uphold the dreams of our Liberation War.
Joy Bangla
Joy Bangabandhu
Long live Bangladesh.
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