
Tureen Afroz
Bangladeshi lawyer
Date of Birth | : | 27 August, 1966 (Age 58) |
Place of Birth | : | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Profession | : | Lawyer |
Nationality | : | Bangladeshi |
Tureen Afroz is a Bangladeshi lawyer and former senior prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal. She was removed from the tribunal after allegedly meeting accused war criminal Mohammad Wahidul Haque. She prosecuted cases against Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Ghulam Azam, Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Motiur Rahman Nizami, and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
Career
Afroz became a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1998. She started working as a lawyer in Australia in 2001. She taught law at Western Sydney University and Monash University. She joined BRAC University as an associate professor of school of law.
Afroz was appointed prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal in February 2013. She prosecuted the case against Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Ghulam Azam, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politicians.
Bibliography
- Trials of 1971 Bangladesh Genocide Through a Legal Lens (2019)
- Justice for 1971 War Rapes Trial and Beyond (2022)
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