Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal Sentences 3 to Death Over 1971 Atrocities
The convicts are in their late 60s and 70s and were known close to nothing to the public not at all like the few other high-profile Jamaat pioneers attempted before while they did their barbarities as Razakars in northwestern Naogaon region Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday condemned three people to death for teaming up with the Pakistan Army and carrying out violations against mankind during the country's Liberation War in 1971. One of the convicts is a criminal and was attempted in absentia however the other contemptible the preliminary face to face… they all were activists of Jamaat-e-Islami (party), senior investigator Syed Haider Ali said. Jamaat-e-Islami was against Bangladesh's 1971 autonomy from Pakistan while its activists were the key-components of Pakistan military's helper units like Razakar and Gestapo-like Al-Badar powers. A three-part board of the court drove by Justice Shahinur Islam articulated the decision requesting the convicts t...