Bangladesh: Opposition leader gets death penalty
July 17, 2013
The verdict came in a packed courtroom in the capital, Dhaka, in presence of Jamaat-e-Islami party's Secretary-general Ali Ahsan Mojaheed. The tribunal found him guilty of kidnapping and killing a journalist, a music director and a number of other people.
Mojaheed faces seven charges including genocide, murder, conspiracy and complicity in atrocities during the war. He is accused of leading a notorious group that during the war kidnapped and killed many teachers, journalists and writers who supported the cause for independence.
Bangladesh says the Pakistani army killed 3 million people and raped 200,000 women during the war.
Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/International/2013/Jul-17/223977-bangladesh-opposition-leader-gets-death-penalty.ashx#ixzz2ZJj9ODdx
(The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)
| Bangladeshi activists shout slogans demanding death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami party’s former chief Ghulam Azam in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad) |
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July 17, 2013 The verdict came in a packed courtroom in the capital, Dhaka, in presence of Jamaat-e-Islami party's Secretary-general Ali Ahsan Mojaheed. The tribunal found him guilty of kidnapping and killing a journalist, a music director and a number of other people.
Mojaheed faces seven charges including genocide, murder, conspiracy and complicity in atrocities during the war. He is accused of leading a notorious group that during the war kidnapped and killed many teachers, journalists and writers who supported the cause for independence.
Bangladesh says the Pakistani army killed 3 million people and raped 200,000 women during the war.
Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/International/2013/Jul-17/223977-bangladesh-opposition-leader-gets-death-penalty.ashx#ixzz2ZJj9ODdx
(The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)
