Imran Siddique, also spelled Imran Siddiq, is a Bangladeshi lawyer and member of the Constitutional Reform Commission. He is a former defence lawyer at the International Crimes Tribunal. He was the defence lawyer of

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Ghulam Azam Ghulam Azam (7 November 192223 October 2014) was Bangladeshi politician and writer who served as Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He was vocal in gaining support for Operation Searchlight, a crackdown o ...

and Delawar Hossain Sayedee who were charged with committing war crimes during the

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Early life

Siddique did his bachelor of law at the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...

. He did another bachelors in international relations at the

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. He did his masters in law at the

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Career

In 2004, Siddique was called to bar by

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. he joined the

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in 2005. In 2012 and 2013, Siddique was working as the defence counsel of

at the International Crimes Tribunal. Azam, former Ameer of the

, had been charged with war crimes for his role during the

while Barrister Tureen Afroz was the public prosecutor. He co-defenders were Ehsan Siddique, and Shishir Monir. He worked as the defence lawyer of Delawar Hossain Sayedee in 2014. Siddique filed a petition challenging the legality of the Section 57 of the

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in 2015. Siddique is a partner at The Law Counsel, which he joined in 2004. He is a founding trustee board member of the Centre for Law, Governance, and Policy. Siddique fought a legal case to ensure madrassah students have access to higher education in Bangladesh. He has represented

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, and

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. He is a member of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association. Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Siddique was made a member of the Constitutional Reform Commission. The Commission is led by

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. The Constitution Reform Commission submitted its report in January 2025, recommending that equity, human dignity, pluralism, and social justice replace nationalism, secularism, and socialism.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siddique, Imran Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Bangladeshi lawyers Alumni of the London School of Economics Alumni of the University of London Nottingham Trent University