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❦Chowdhury Mueen Uddin
Al-Badr figure convicted in absentia in the intellectual-killings case
Convicted in absentia in the ICT-2 intellectual-killings case.
Biography
Context
In the context of Al-Badr, the December 1971 intellectual killings, and Bangladesh's later ICT accountability process., Chowdhury Mueen Uddin is recognized as Al-Badr figure convicted in absentia in the intellectual-killings case. Convicted in absentia in the ICT-2 intellectual-killings case.
Contribution
Chowdhury Mueen Uddin was tried in absentia and sentenced to death by ICT-2 in 2013 in the case over abduction and killing of Bengali intellectuals in December 1971.
Impact
His case became one of the central tribunal records connecting Al-Badr organization to the targeted killing of intellectuals.
Timeline Placement
Chowdhury Mueen Uddin appears in 3 linked timeline events, spanning 1971 - 2013.
First Appearance
1971
Latest Appearance
2013
Active Span
1971 - 2013
Linked Events
3
Legacy Summary
His case became one of the central tribunal records connecting Al-Badr organization to the targeted killing of intellectuals. This influence is reflected across 3 connected events.
References
Key sources for understanding this figure
A History of Bangladesh
A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.
Cited in: 2 events
Advertising Nationalism: Commemorating the Liberation War in Bangladesh
Strong for war commemoration, corporate nationalism, and public memory after liberation.
Cited in: 2 events
Bangladesh: Quest for Freedom and Justice
Kamal Hossain's memoir traces liberation, constitution-making, democracy, and the justice question.
Cited in: 2 events
Bangladesh's Pendulum-swing Liberation War Cinema
Useful for cinema, representation, and how the war is reinterpreted in later memory cultures.
Cited in: 2 events
Fifty Years of Bangladesh
A multidisciplinary volume on the first five decades of Bangladesh's economy, politics, society, and culture.
Cited in: 2 events
Gendered Nationalism: Bangladeshi Narratives of the War of Liberation
Useful for gender, nationalism, and how liberation narratives are framed in later memory cultures.
Cited in: 2 events
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