Bangladesh: Top Court Upholds Death Sentence for Islamist Politician
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Version 0 of 1. Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of a top Islamist party leader for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the independence war against Pakistan in 1971. The leader, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, secretary general of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was convicted of five charges, including murder, abduction and torture, in 2013. Bangladesh blames Pakistani soldiers and local collaborators for the deaths of three million people during the war of independence. Mr. Mojaheed was found guilty of “superior responsibility” and “criminal liability” in the atrocities. |