Bangladesh Jamaat leader sentenced to death

Al Jazeera English 2013-05-09

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A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal has convicted and sentenced assistant secretary-general of the Jamaat-e-Islami party to death for war crimes, raising fears of clashes between the police and supporters of the Islamist leader. Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, 59, was found guilty on charges of genocide and torture of unarmed civilians during the 1971 war for independence from Pakistan, lawyers and tribunal officials said on Thursday. He had previously been acquitted for two of the seven original charges. Al Jazeera's Azhar Sukri reports.

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