The Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal today found, the former leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party, Ghulam Azam, guilty of, planning, conspiracy, incitement and complicity to commit genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1971 conflict.
Azam was sentenced to 90 years in prison. The verdict sparked unrest in the country, with members of the JI labelling the verdict as politically motivated attempts to persecute the party ahead of elections.
Senior government officials, described the trial as an essential effort to ‘deal with historical ghosts.'