▁Press ▁Club ▁of ▁Bang l adesh ▁stri pped ▁Qu ader ▁Mol la ▁of ▁his ▁membership . ▁On ▁ 1 7 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁Bang l ades hi ▁Parliament ▁passed ▁a ▁bill ▁am ending ▁the ▁International ▁Cr imes ▁( T rib unal ) ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁which ▁allowed ▁the ▁government , ▁comp lain ant , ▁or ▁inform ant ▁to ▁appeal ▁an ▁order ▁of ▁acqu itt al ▁or ▁order ▁of ▁sent encing . ▁ ▁J ama at ▁members ▁have ▁also ▁led ▁protest s ▁against ▁the ▁tri als , ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁government ▁is ▁trying ▁to ▁suppress ▁the ▁opposition . ▁It ▁called ▁for ▁a ▁general ▁strike ▁in ▁D h aka , ▁shut ting ▁down ▁activity ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers ies ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁convers ations ▁and ▁emails ▁between ▁the ▁chief ▁judge ▁of ▁the ▁I CT , ▁N iz am ul ▁Hu q , ▁and ▁a ▁Br uss els - based ▁lawyer ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁Econom ist , ▁which ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁Bang l adesh ▁Government ▁had ▁press ured ▁the ▁I CT ▁for ▁a ▁quick ▁ver dict . ▁Following ▁the ▁revel ations , ▁Justice ▁N iz am ul ▁Hu q ▁res igned ▁from ▁the ▁trib unal . ▁The ▁European ▁Union , ▁the ▁UK , ▁Turkey ▁and ▁Australia ▁expressed ▁their ▁concern ▁as ▁they ▁believed ▁the ▁death ▁penalty ▁viol ated ▁human ▁rights . ▁Two ▁UN ▁Human ▁Rights ▁Commission ▁exper ts ▁called ▁on ▁to ▁halt ▁the ▁execution ▁because ▁of ▁concerns