SC fixes Feb 2 to start hearing on Mir Quasem's plea
SC fixed February 2 for starting hearing on the appeal of war criminal and Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali. Star file photo.
The Supreme Court today fixed February 2 for starting hearing on the appeal of war criminal and Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali challenging his death penalty for his wartime crimes against humanity.
Four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha fix the date as the appeal came up before it for an order.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on November 2, 2014 sentenced Quasem to death for crimes against humanity in 1971. He later filed an appeal with the SC challenging the tribunal's verdict.
Quasem, a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Central Executive Council, in his appeal cited 181 reasons for his acquittal on all the charges.
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