Date Type 03/10/2012 UA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BGD 6/2012 Bangladesh Independence of judges and lawyers; 10/10/2012 Alleged unfair trials before the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (BICT). According to the information received, Mr. Delwar Hossain Sayedee, Vice-President of Jamaat-e-Islami, Mr. Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, member of the Bangladesh National Party, Mr. Motiur Rahman Nizami, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, Mr. Ghulam Azam, former leader of Jamaat-eIslami, Mr. Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Assistant Secretary-General of Jamaat-e-Islami, Mr. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, Secretary-General of Jamaat-e-Islami, Mr. Abdul Kader Molla, Assistant Secretary-General of Jamaat-e-Islami, Mr. Mir Quasem Ali, Head and owner of Diganta Media, and Mr. Islam Azharul, Acting Secretary-General of Jamaat-e-Islami, were arrested and held in pre-trial detention. Serious allegations of lack of independence and impartiality of both the judiciary and prosecutorial services of the BICT were reported in this case. The defendants may face the death penalty if sentenced. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued an opinion (No. 66/2011 (Bangladesh)) citing that the deprivation of liberty of a number of the aforementioned individuals is arbitrary. Mr. Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was the subject of a previous communication (see A/HRC/18/51, case no BGD 2/2011). A/HRC/22/67 113