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25 Dec 2012 08:47:51 PM Tuesday BdST
FM angry over Turkey team ICT visit
FM angry over Turkey team ICT visit
Senior Correspondent
banglanews24.com
DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni said it was not right to let Turkey delegate to visit International Crime Tribunal (ICT) without permission of the government as several members of the team were members of Muslim Brotherhood Party of Egypt.
The foreign minister came up with the observation while addressing a discussion at CIRDAP Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon.
The ruling Awami League lawmaker said a delegate of Turkey reached Dhaka recently through on-arrival visa and visited ICT.
Quoting media reports, the foreign minister said Egypts Muslim Brotherhood party members were also visited the ICT with the Turkey delegate without any permission of the government.
She added: Such activity was not appropriate without consulting with the government, Dipu said adding that, The foreign ministry will talk to the Egypt to investigate into the matter.
With Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique in the chair, the programme was also addressed, among others, by Jahangirnagar University VC Professor Dr Anwar Hossain and Bhorer Kagoj Editor Shyamal Dutta.
BDST: 1950 HRS, DEC 25, 2012
Edited By: Palash Rahman, Newsroom Editor/ M. Mahbub Alam, Asst Output Editor
eic@banglanews24.com
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Dipu Moni slates Muslim Brotherhood members’ visit to ICT
→ Staff Correspondent
http://www.daily-sun.com/details_Dipu-Moni-slates-Brotherhood-members%E2%80%99-visit-to-ICT_360_1_10_1_13.html
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni Tuesday said members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood should not have visited the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) as members of a Turkish delegation without informing the government.
The foreign minister said this at a discussion on ‘World Peace, Development, Progress and Sheikh Hasina’ organised by Somunnoto Bangladesh, an NGO, at Cirdap auditorium in the city.
“Recently a Turkish delegation with on-arrival visa came to Dhaka and visited the International Crimes Tribunal. Some newspapers have published reports that there were members of Muslim Brotherhood in the delegation. Such activity without informing the government is not fair at all. The foreign ministry will discuss the matter with Egypt,” Dipu Moni said.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique presided over the programme. Jahangirnagar University VC Prof Anwar Hussain, Bhorer Kagoj Editor Shyamal Dutta, Editor of Ekpokkho Masuda Bhatti also spoke.
A 14-member Turkish delegation visited the ICT on Monday. Although they identified themselves as observers and human rights activists, they are Turkish lawyers. One of the delegates was from Belgium. It is alleged that there were members of Muslim Brotherhood in the delegation.
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Govt concerned over ICT visit by foreigners: FM
http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2332533&date=2012-12-26
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Tuesday said the government is going to raise complaints with the country from where some citizens visited the International Crimes Tribunal violating the terms and conditions of on-arrival visa given to them, reports UNB.
"They didn't do the right thing (visit to the ICT) using the on-arrival visa of another country," she said while addressing a discussion meeting at Cirdap auditorium.
The Foreign Minister said on-arrival visas are given in special considerations and hence the use of those is also specific and limited.
Referring to the global practice of on-arrival visas, Dipu said: "The uses are limited. In that respect, there're also limitations for the use when it comes to the tribunal."
She, however, noted that the trial of the crimes against humanity under the ICT is not a camera trial and anyone can go there as an observer.
But the way the group of the foreign citizens approached the tribunal has raised concerns whether the intention was to create problems, said the irate Foreign Minister.
In a report published in vernacular daily Janakantha on December 25, attorney general Mahbube Alam raised concerns about the visit to the ICT by a group of 14 lawyers from Turkey and Belgium.
She was addressing a discussion meeting organised by a pro-Awami League platform Samunnata Bangladesh celebrating the acceptance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's model of Peoples Empowerment by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18.
Dipu Moni also pointed out that the consent of the international community has always been with the trial of war crimes since the inception of the ICT and will continue to be so.
"Except some criticisms by a few international media, or the concern raised by one or two countries, the consent of the whole world is with us for the trial of war criminals," she said.
"No one of them has opted for stopping it," she said, adding that the government also wants to assure them of transparent trial.
"It has become essential to rid the nation of some scars of the past in a fair and transparent way. Or else, some new scars may appear," said the minister.
Presided over by Dhaka University vice chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique, the discussion meeting was addressed, among others, by Jahangirnagar University vice chancellor Anwar Hossain, economist Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, Awami League organising secretary Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud, Bangladesh Freedom Fighters Command Council chairman Helal Morshed and Samunnata Bangladesh general secretary Masud Parvez.
FM angry over Turkey team ICT visit
FM angry over Turkey team ICT visit
Senior Correspondent
banglanews24.com
DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni said it was not right to let Turkey delegate to visit International Crime Tribunal (ICT) without permission of the government as several members of the team were members of Muslim Brotherhood Party of Egypt.
The foreign minister came up with the observation while addressing a discussion at CIRDAP Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon.
The ruling Awami League lawmaker said a delegate of Turkey reached Dhaka recently through on-arrival visa and visited ICT.
Quoting media reports, the foreign minister said Egypts Muslim Brotherhood party members were also visited the ICT with the Turkey delegate without any permission of the government.
She added: Such activity was not appropriate without consulting with the government, Dipu said adding that, The foreign ministry will talk to the Egypt to investigate into the matter.
With Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique in the chair, the programme was also addressed, among others, by Jahangirnagar University VC Professor Dr Anwar Hossain and Bhorer Kagoj Editor Shyamal Dutta.
BDST: 1950 HRS, DEC 25, 2012
Edited By: Palash Rahman, Newsroom Editor/ M. Mahbub Alam, Asst Output Editor
eic@banglanews24.com
========================================================================================
Dipu Moni slates Muslim Brotherhood members’ visit to ICT
→ Staff Correspondent
http://www.daily-sun.com/details_Dipu-Moni-slates-Brotherhood-members%E2%80%99-visit-to-ICT_360_1_10_1_13.html
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni Tuesday said members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood should not have visited the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) as members of a Turkish delegation without informing the government.
The foreign minister said this at a discussion on ‘World Peace, Development, Progress and Sheikh Hasina’ organised by Somunnoto Bangladesh, an NGO, at Cirdap auditorium in the city.
“Recently a Turkish delegation with on-arrival visa came to Dhaka and visited the International Crimes Tribunal. Some newspapers have published reports that there were members of Muslim Brotherhood in the delegation. Such activity without informing the government is not fair at all. The foreign ministry will discuss the matter with Egypt,” Dipu Moni said.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique presided over the programme. Jahangirnagar University VC Prof Anwar Hussain, Bhorer Kagoj Editor Shyamal Dutta, Editor of Ekpokkho Masuda Bhatti also spoke.
A 14-member Turkish delegation visited the ICT on Monday. Although they identified themselves as observers and human rights activists, they are Turkish lawyers. One of the delegates was from Belgium. It is alleged that there were members of Muslim Brotherhood in the delegation.
==============================================================================================================================================================
Govt concerned over ICT visit by foreigners: FM
http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2332533&date=2012-12-26
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Tuesday said the government is going to raise complaints with the country from where some citizens visited the International Crimes Tribunal violating the terms and conditions of on-arrival visa given to them, reports UNB.
"They didn't do the right thing (visit to the ICT) using the on-arrival visa of another country," she said while addressing a discussion meeting at Cirdap auditorium.
The Foreign Minister said on-arrival visas are given in special considerations and hence the use of those is also specific and limited.
Referring to the global practice of on-arrival visas, Dipu said: "The uses are limited. In that respect, there're also limitations for the use when it comes to the tribunal."
She, however, noted that the trial of the crimes against humanity under the ICT is not a camera trial and anyone can go there as an observer.
But the way the group of the foreign citizens approached the tribunal has raised concerns whether the intention was to create problems, said the irate Foreign Minister.
In a report published in vernacular daily Janakantha on December 25, attorney general Mahbube Alam raised concerns about the visit to the ICT by a group of 14 lawyers from Turkey and Belgium.
She was addressing a discussion meeting organised by a pro-Awami League platform Samunnata Bangladesh celebrating the acceptance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's model of Peoples Empowerment by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18.
Dipu Moni also pointed out that the consent of the international community has always been with the trial of war crimes since the inception of the ICT and will continue to be so.
"Except some criticisms by a few international media, or the concern raised by one or two countries, the consent of the whole world is with us for the trial of war criminals," she said.
"No one of them has opted for stopping it," she said, adding that the government also wants to assure them of transparent trial.
"It has become essential to rid the nation of some scars of the past in a fair and transparent way. Or else, some new scars may appear," said the minister.
Presided over by Dhaka University vice chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique, the discussion meeting was addressed, among others, by Jahangirnagar University vice chancellor Anwar Hossain, economist Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, Awami League organising secretary Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud, Bangladesh Freedom Fighters Command Council chairman Helal Morshed and Samunnata Bangladesh general secretary Masud Parvez.
