Published on 02:57 PM, December 31, 2014
War crimes trial
War crimes trial
International Crimes Tribunals awarded death to several top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami including the party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami in October, Mir Quasem Ali in November and Azharul Islam, and former Jatiya Party lawmaker Syed Mohammad Qaisar, both in December. The Supreme Court commuted death penalty to imprisonment for life for Delawar Hossain Sayedee in September. Judicial procedures are pending for next stage of judgement of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Motiur Rahman Nizami who were sentenced to death by the special tribunals.
War criminal ATM Azharul Islam, the assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, waves at reporters as law enforcers take him to a prison van after International Crimes Tribunal-1 awarded him death penalty on December 30 for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Meanwhile, former chief of Jamaat Ghulam Azam, nayeb-e-ameer AKM Yusuf and former BNP minister Abdul Alim died in prison.
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