Bangladeshi Islamist sentenced to death for genocide

A Bangladeshi Islamist was sentenced to death on Thursday, charged with orchestrating the killing of 120 farmers during the 1971 war of independence.

The war crimes tribunal found the 61-year-old Kamaruzzman guilty of genocide, torture, abduction, and crimes against humanity.

Judge Obaidul Hassan said: "He is be hanged by the neck till death,"

Kamaruzzaman, the assistant secretary general of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, is the fourth person to be convicted by the International Crimes Tribunal. However, the Bangladeshi trial is not endorsed by the UN. Human Rights Watch previously concluded that the proceedings fall short of judicial standards.

 

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