Source: BD News 24
By Suliman Niloy, Golam Mujtaba Dhrubo, Quazi Shahreen Haq and Kamal Hossain Talukder, bdnews24.com
Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed has been found guilty of five war crimes charges, including mass murder of intellectuals during the 1971 Liberation War.
International Crimes Tribunal-2 said although two other incidents were found to be true, the prosecution has failed to establish Mujaheed’s involvement in them.
ICT-2 chief Justice Obaidul Hassan read out background to the verdict at 11:05am in a courtroom packed with lawyers, journalists and observers.
Justice Shahinur Islam started reading out the 37-page executive summary of the 209-page verdict in presence of Mujaheed.
Bangladesh Sentences Islamist Leader to Death
Wall Street Journal
DHAKA, Bangladesh—A war-crimes tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced Islamist leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid to death for crimes committed during the country’s 1971 war of independence, the second Islamist politician it has found guilty this week. More
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