Syed Haider Ali (lawyer)
Syed Haider Ali is a Bangladeshi lawyer and former prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal with the rank and status of the Attorney General of Bangladesh.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]In May 2007, Ali was the defender of Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, an Awami League politician, along with Syed Rezaur Rahman and Shahara Khatun.[4]
Ali resigned as deputy attorney general of Bangladesh in June 2008.[5]
Ali was appointed a prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal with the rank and status of an additional Attorney General of Bangladesh in March 2010.[1] He represented the state in the trial of politicians Delawar Hossain Sayedee, Abdul Alim, and Abul Kalam Azad.[1][6][7] He was the persecutor for Motiur Rahman Nizami.[8] He argued for accepting newspaper reports as evidence in the tribunal.[9]
In March 2013, the government of Bangladesh upgraded Ali's rank to that of the Attorney General of Bangladesh.[1] After Chief Prosecutor Ghulam Arief Tipoo went on leave, Ali was appointed acting chief prosecutor.[10] He continued to hold the position after Tipoo returned which led to a public spat between the two with allegations of professional misconduct directed at each other.[10] In September 2015, the International Crimes Tribunal sought an explanation from him for skipping a hearing.[11] He was the persecutor in war crimes trial of four accused from Maulvibazar District, Akmal Ali Talukder, Abdun Nur Talukder alias Lal Miah, Anis Miah, and Abdul Musabbir Miah and secured death penalty for them in 2018.[12][13] He was the prosecutor in the war crimes case against six men from six Gaibandha District.[14]
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Ali resigned as the acting chief prosecutor International Crimes Tribunal and was replaced by Mohammad Tajul Islam.[15][16] He was sued for the murder of a student protester against Hasina at the Jatrabari Police Station.[17][18] Also accused in the case, aside from Ali, are former deputy attorney general Motaher Hossain Sazu, prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal Muklesur Rahman Badal, Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Shahriyar Kabir, Mozammel Haque Babu, senior journalist Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, Sheikh Hasina,, Shafique Ahmed, AM Amin Uddin, lawyer Tania Amir, and 293 others over the death of student Imran Hossain on August 5.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Syed Haider Ali given attorney general's status". The Daily Star. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Memories of horror". The Daily Star. 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Sajeda asked to explain her remarks". The Daily Star. 2012-08-28. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ Manik, Julfikar Ali. "Harris jailed for 3 years in fast-track graft court". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "DAG Haider Ali resigns". The Daily Star. 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Summary of ICT verdict in Abul Kalam Azad Case". The Daily Star. 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "BNP's ex-minister Alim arrested". The Daily Star. 2011-03-28. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Nizami charged with Pabna massacre". The Daily Star. 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Tribunal sees debate on news reports as evidence". The Daily Star. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ a b "Govt mulls reshuffle in prosecution". The Daily Star. 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "ICT-1 issues show cause on prosecutors' absence". The Daily Star. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Trial of 4 Moulvibazar men ends, verdict waiting". The Daily Star. 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Death penalty for 4 war criminals". The Daily Star. 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "File charges on Feb 18". The Daily Star. 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Tajul Islam appointed chief prosecutor at International Crimes Tribunal". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Acting chief prosecutor among 4 more resign -". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ a b "Two more murder cases filed against Hasina". The Daily Star. 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Ex-minister Nurul Islam Sujan put on 3-day remand in murder case". The Daily Star. 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2025-03-12.