A. T. M. Fazle Kabir

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The Honourable
A. T. M. Fazle Kabir
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
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25 March 2011
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Born (1947-01-01) 1 January 1947 (age 77)
NationalityBangladeshi
Profession Judge

A. T. M. Fazle Kabir is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He is a former judge of the International Crimes Tribunal. [1] [2] He is a former member of the law commission of Bangladesh. [3]

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Early life

Kabir was born on 1 January 1947 in Chamagram, Chapai Nawabganj District, East Bengal, British India. [4]

Career

In March 2010, Kabir and Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain ordered the government to protect Madhupur National Park in Tangail District. [5]

Kabir was appointed the International Crimes Tribunal judge on 25 March 2011. [4]

On 22 March 2013, Kabir was appointed the chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-2. [4] He replaced Justice Md Nizamul Huq. [6] In December 2013, a petrol bomb was thrown at his home in Chapai Nawabganj District. [7] He had sentenced Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Delwar Hossain Sayeedi to death and Ghulam Azam to life imprisonment. [1] [8] [9] He issued a contempt of court rule against Human Rights Watch for criticizing the verdict against Ghulam Azam. [10]

Kabir retired on 1 January 2014. [4] On 23 January, he was appointed member of the Bangladesh Law Commission. [6]

In May 2016, Bangladesh Law Commission issued a recommendation signed by its commissioners ABM Khairul Haque, M Shah Alam and ATM Fazle Kabir that the Bangladesh Press Council be given the authority to suspend the publication of a newspaper for 30 days. [11] The Press Council responded that it did not want such authority. [11]

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  4. 1 2 3 4 Khan, Mahbubur Rahman (2014-01-01). "Justice Kabir retires as tribunal-1 chief". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  5. ↑ "Save Modhupur sal forest". The Daily Star. 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  6. 1 2 "Fazle Kabir made Law Commission member". Dhaka Tribune . 23 January 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "War tribunal judge's home attacked". The Daily Star. 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
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