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Bangladesh
Public recordLast updated 7 Aug 2026
Mirza Azam
A senior party organiser discussed through testimony reporting tied to the July uprising.
PoliticsGovernment
- Public identity
- Former State Minister
- Era
- 1991-2026
- Main area
- Bangladesh
- Organizations
- Bangladesh Awami League
Aliases: Mirza Azam MP
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Why this person is listed
Included because Daily Star reporting of ICT testimony named him in alleged advice/incitement context.
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Reported themes: party organisation, ICT testimony allegations.
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Human rights abuse · Officially investigated
The Pilkhana killings and layered accountability record
The record separates the court-established deaths, the official mutiny account, post-mutiny human-rights allegations, and the 2025 commission findings into distinct statuses.
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Important incidents
Human rights abuse · 2024-07-01 2024-08-15
July-August 2024 Bangladesh uprising and crackdown
OHCHR, BSS, and international media have reported on the 2024 student-led protests, violent repression, deaths and injuries, government fall, and subsequent ICT proceedings.
The OHCHR report estimates, based on credible sources, that as many as 1,400 people may have been killed and thousands injured between July 1 and August 15, 2024; these numbers should be displayed as source-based estimates.
Explore incidentPolitical violence · 2009-02-25 2009-02-26
2009 BDR mutiny and Pilkhana killings
The February 25-26, 2009 armed mutiny at the former Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, the deaths of 74 people, subsequent criminal trials, human-rights reporting, and reinvestigation proceedings.
The court record and government reporting identify 74 deaths, including 57 army officers; HRW and Amnesty documented post-mutiny detention, torture, custodial-death, and fair-trial concerns.
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The public profile and related sources identify a party or political connection to the Awami League; this is not a finding of criminal responsibility.
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Life, power and events timeline
Structured sources
ICT frames charges against Sheikh Hasina for July-Aug mass killing
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 10 Jul 2025
State news report that ICT-1 framed charges against Sheikh Hasina and two others in a crimes-against-humanity case and noted the rejection of a discharge plea.
Full text of ICT judgment sentencing Hasina to death released
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 26 Nov 2025
State news report on release of the ICT-1 judgment text after the tribunal convicted and sentenced Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in the July Mass Uprising case.
Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh
ReviewedOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights · 12 Feb 2025
UN fact-finding report on protest-related human rights violations between July 1 and August 15, 2024, including findings about former-government policy and security-force conduct.
Hasina sentenced to death for crackdown on Bangladesh uprising
ReviewedAssociated Press · 17 Nov 2025
Wire report on the ICT verdict, including Hasina's response denying wrongdoing and calling the verdict biased and politically motivated.
Tribunal sets Feb 9 for probe report in case against Quader, 44 others
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 8 Dec 2025
BSS report on an ICT case against 45 accused including Obaidul Quader and Anisul Huq, listing 17 arrested accused produced before the tribunal.
Hasina, Kamal ordered shooting of July protesters
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 2 Sep 2025
Report on former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun's ICT testimony naming political and security figures in alleged July-uprising crackdown decision-making.
84 accused behind bars in 30 miss cases of July uprising crimes
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 10 Aug 2025
BSS reported that 84 of 209 accused in 30 miscellaneous July Uprising crimes-against-humanity cases were in custody, and named former ministers, advisers, a former secretary, retired Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, and dismissed Major General Ziaul Ahsan among people facing charges.
ICT indicts Shamim Osman, 11 others in July crimes against humanity case
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 13 May 2026
BSS report that ICT-1 framed charges against Shamim Osman and 11 others, including Ayan Osman and Tanvir Ahmed Titu, over alleged atrocities in Narayanganj during the July Mass Uprising.
Shamim Osman's son shot protester beside me, witness tells tribunal
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 28 Jul 2026
Report on prosecution witness testimony at ICT-1 alleging Ayon Osman shot a protester and describing an attack allegedly involving Shamim Osman and associates. The testimony is not treated as a final court finding.
Supreme Court judgment in BDR carnage death reference and appeals
Primary source verifiedSupreme Court of Bangladesh · 27 Nov 2017
The judgment records the 25-26 February 2009 Pilkhana incident, 74 deaths including 57 army officers, the roles of public officials in the crisis response, and criminal-case findings against convicted BDR personnel.
A summary of the national probe report on the BDR mutiny
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 28 May 2009
The published summary describes the national inquiry committee's mandate, interviews, reported grievances, and its account of planning and leadership within the mutiny.
The Fear Never Leaves Me: Torture, Custodial Deaths, and Unfair Trials after the 2009 Mutiny
ReviewedHuman Rights Watch · 4 Jul 2012
Human Rights Watch documented allegations of torture, custodial deaths, and fair-trial concerns after the mutiny through interviews with families, BDR members, officials, lawyers, and journalists.
Bangladesh: Looking for justice: Mutineers on trial
ReviewedAmnesty International · 1 Apr 2009
Amnesty International described the deaths during the mutiny and called for justice under internationally recognized fair-trial standards, while recording reports of torture after the event.
Govt announces full-fledged commission to reinvestigate BDR carnage
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 24 Dec 2024
BSS reported the gazette formation of a seven-member National Independent Investigation Commission to reinvestigate the February 25-26, 2009 Pilkhana massacre and identify perpetrators and related responsibility.
Govt halts plan for BDR mutiny commission amid pending appeals
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 15 Dec 2024
The report says the government told the High Court that two related BDR cases were under appeal at the Appellate Division when the commission question was being considered.
Home Minister vows justice over Pilkhana carnage, rules out new probe commission
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 25 Feb 2026
BSS reported that several Pilkhana appeals remained pending before the Appellate Division and that the government planned phased implementation of the independent commission's recommendations.
Commission finds AL collectively involved in the killings
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 30 Nov 2025
The report attributes to the National Independent Investigation Commission findings that the attack was planned and involved the then government; these are commission findings and remain distinct from a criminal court judgment.
বিডিআর হত্যাকাণ্ডে আওয়ামী লীগ দলগতভাবে জড়িত
ReviewedProthom Alo · 30 Nov 2025
Prothom Alo reported the National Independent Investigation Commission's press-briefing account after submission of its report, including alleged Awami League involvement and named political figures; these are commission findings, not a criminal-court judgment.
Crime against humanity: ICT accepts charges against ex-DMP chief Habibur, 4 others
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 10 Aug 2025
The Daily Star reported that the ICT accepted charges against five former police officials over the Rampura July Uprising incident, naming Rashedul Islam, Mashiur Rahman, Tarikul Islam Bhuiyan, and Chanchal Chandra Sarkar alongside former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman.
July killings: Charges pressed against eight cops at ICT
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 26 May 2025
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 took cognisance of charges against eight police officials over the Chankharpul killings, naming Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, Sha Alam Mohammad Akhtarul Islam, Mohammad Imrul, and Arshad Hossain among the accused.
Chankharpul killings: Ex-DMP chief Habibur, two others to die
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 27 Jan 2026
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 sentenced former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, and Shah Alam Mohammad Akhtarul Islam to death, and sentenced Mohammad Imrul and Arshad Hossain to prison terms, over the Chankharpul killings.
July uprising: Ex-DMP chief, 2 others to die for Rampura killings
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 29 Jun 2026
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 convicted five former police officers over Rampura shootings and killings, sentencing Habibur Rahman, Md Rashedul Islam, and Md Mashiur Rahman to death, Tarikul Islam Bhuiyan to life imprisonment, and Chanchal Chandra Sarkar to 20 years.
ICT indicts four in Rampura crimes against humanity case
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 24 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against former BGB officials Mohammad Redwanul Islam and Md Rafat Bin Alam, former DMP ADC Md Rashedul Islam, and former Rampura OC Md Moshiur Rahman over the killing of 28 people during the July Mass Uprising.
Ex-Addl SP sent to jail for pinpointing July protesters thru drones
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 29 Apr 2025
BSS reported that the ICT sent former additional superintendent of police Ishtiaq Ahmed to jail in a Chankharpul case and quoted a prosecutor alleging that a police digital-forensics team used drones to identify protesters and share information with law-enforcement agencies.