Dr Sarmila Bose comments on Bangladeshs International Crimes Tribunal

Sarmila Bose was interviewed for a radio programme (2 June) entitled Rear Vision on Australias ABC network. The episode was called Justice or retribution: the story of Bangladeshs International Crimes Tribunal, and dealt with the International Crimes Tribunal that the Bangladesh government has created to assess accusations of war crimes in the 1971 war of Bangladesh independence.

Sarmila commented, "There are two problems with the tribunal. One is that the process itself has been described by many international observers as being unfair and not meeting international standards, and the other is that it's the victorious side of that war trying one part of the defeated side. And this is unjust. And Bangladesh seems cursed by this process to keep re-living the injustices in a vicious cycle."

The full programme can be heard (and transcripts can be read) here: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/tribunal-or-retibution/4690858