Bangladesh war tribunal orders cleric executed
By , on January 21st, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh tribunal sentenced an Islamic cleric tied to a fundamentalist party to death on Monday for crimes against humanity for his actions during the country’s 1971 independence war. The conviction of Abul Kalam Azad was the first verdict handed down by a controversial tribunal trying people accused of committing crimes during the war. Azad, a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was tried in absentia after he reportedly fled to Pakistan last April upon being charged. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Bangladesh war tribunal orders cleric executed
<!– google_ad_section_start –> DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh tribunal sentenced an Islamic cleric tied to a fundamentalist party to death on Monday for crimes against humanity for his actions during the country’s 1971 independence war. The conviction of Abul Kalam Azad was the first verdict handed down by a controversial tribunal trying people accused of committing crimes during the war. Azad, a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was tried in absentia after he reportedly fled to Pakistan last April upon being charged. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Bangladesh war tribunal orders cleric executed
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