Abdur Razzaq (lawyer, born 1949)

Abdur Razzaq (born 1949) is a Bangladeshi barrister and former Assistant Secretary General of political party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

[1] He was the chief defence counsel at Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal until the end of 2013, when he left Dhaka for London.

[1] Among those defended by Razzaq were former leader Ghulam Azam, leader Motiur Rahman Nizami, executive council member Delwar Hossain Sayedee, Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, and Assistant Secretary General Abdul Quader Mollah.

[11][12] Razzaq resigned from his position as Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General in an e-mail sent from London on February 15, 2019.

He also stated that he had unsuccessfully advocated for structural reforms, as well as full and effective participation of women, among other measures, in order to bring the party in line with successful and modern models used in other Muslim majority nations.