Sultan Al-Qahtani, a public relations activist, said that the Houthi crime in targeting Makkah is clear evidence of their warcrimes, but "we, as a people, will stand against them and stop their crimes." Sheikh Jamal bin Attaf Al-Keldah, chief of the Bin Attaf Yemeni tribe, said that the rebels bombed a relief ship in Bab Al-Mandab Strait.
The speakers in the APC were of the view that the said verdict of Egyptian courts was an attempt to conceal the warcrimes of Jewish lobby, adding that the Israel was a biggest terrorist state in the world which enjoys backing of western countries including United States, France and others.
The International Crimes Tribunal was set up in 2009 by Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, but verdict against Motiur Rahman Nizami was the first warcrimes verdict since Sheikh Hasina's reelection as prime minister in January.
The decree appointedFouadAbdelMoneimRiadthe fact-finding committee's head.Riadwas a judge on the Tribunal for WarCrimes in the former Yugoslavia.IskandarGhattas, former assistant to the Minister of Justice for international cooperation, was made deputy head of the commission.