Bangladesh special tribunal sentences Islamic party leader to death for war
crimes in 1971 war
The Associated Press
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A special tribunal in Bangladesh has convicted the
leader of an Islamic political party of war crimes stemming from the
nation's 1971 independence war and has sentenced him to death.
Prosecutor Syed Haider Ali says Islamic Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar
Hossain Sayedee was found guilty of committing mass killings, rape and
atrocities during the nine-month war against Pakistan.
The verdict was announced Thursday by tribunal judge ATM Fazle Kabir.
Lawyers for the defendant boycotted the tribunal during the verdict.
Comments from Sayedee's lawyers were not immediately available, but he had
previously denied the allegations and said the charges were politically
motivated.
Jamaat-e-Islami is enforcing a nationwide general strike Thursday to
denounce the trial and to demand he be freed.
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