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Bangladeshi Islamist to be executed
A leading Islamist politician in Bangladesh has been sentenced to death over war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence with Pakistan.
Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, a key figure in the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was accused of mass killing and torture and convicted of five of seven charges.
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More than 100 people have been killed since January in violent protests prompted by verdicts handed down by the tribunal.
Jamaat-e-Islami says the trials are politically motivated, and Human Rights Watch describes them as "flawed".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23340507
Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, a key figure in the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was accused of mass killing and torture and convicted of five of seven charges.
...
More than 100 people have been killed since January in violent protests prompted by verdicts handed down by the tribunal.
Jamaat-e-Islami says the trials are politically motivated, and Human Rights Watch describes them as "flawed".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23340507