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| Bangladeshi Islamist to be executed | Bangladeshi Islamist to be executed |
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| A leading Islamist politician in Bangladesh has been sentenced to death over war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence with Pakistan. | A leading Islamist politician in Bangladesh has been sentenced to death over war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence with Pakistan. |
| Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, a key figure in the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was accused of mass killing and torture and convicted of five of seven charges. | Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, a key figure in the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was accused of mass killing and torture and convicted of five of seven charges. |
| Prosecutors say he led a militia accused of killing leaders and intellectuals supporting independence. | Prosecutors say he led a militia accused of killing leaders and intellectuals supporting independence. |
| The party's spiritual leader was jailed for 90 years on Monday. | The party's spiritual leader was jailed for 90 years on Monday. |
| Thousands of people took to the streets on Tuesday to protest against Ghulam Azam's sentence handed down by the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka. | |
| At least two people were killed when police clashed with demonstrators. |