Dhaka, April 7 -- Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has intervened and stopped the law minister after the Opposition leader objected to Md Asaduzzaman's "additional speech" on the trial of enforced disappearances in the House.

Asaduzzaman was speaking while proposing the passage of the International Crimes (Tribunals) (Amendment) Bill along with several others on Tuesday.

The minister said: "This is a bill in which enforced disappearances have been included in the definition of crimes against humanity."

Those alleging that the government does not want trials into enforced disappearances should read the law thoroughly, he suggested.

Stating that enforced disappearances have been defined as a crime against humanity in the law, Asaduzzaman said:...