Jamaat appreciates move to try army officers linked to enforced disappearances, killings

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has appreciated the move to bring several army officers accused of involvement in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings under trial. "The army authorities have already announced their cooperation with the judicial process and taken the accused officers into custody. We welcome this initiative by the army," the Jamaat chief said in a Facebook post on Sunday. He said the people of Bangladesh wish to remain proud of their patriotic armed forces but regretted that a few members of the institution had failed to respect the country's laws and human rights. "It is unfortunate but true that some officers influenced by the fascist government blindly cooperated in carrying out its agenda of eliminating political opponents....