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| Jail authorities get Kamaruzzaman's death warrant |
| 2015-02-20 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday issued death warrant for war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, a top Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... leader. Jailer Nesar Ali of the Dhaka Central Jail told the Dhaka Tribune that they had received the death warrant. "We will take further steps in line with the directives stated in the death warrant," he added. The judges of tribunal 2 signed the warrant around noon yesterday. An official of the tribunal left the premises around 12:50pm with the warrant, wrapped in a piece of red cloth, to hand it over to the jail authorities. The full verdict of Kamaruzzaman's appeal case against his death penalty was released on Wednesday. The Jamaat leader would get 13 more days from today to file a review petition. The Appellate Division might take a week to hear and dispose of the petition, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said after the release of the full verdict. "If it dismisses the review petition, Kamaruzzaman can seek presidential mercy to save his neck." The top court delivered its verdict upholding the tribunal's death penalty on November 3 last year. The tribunal sentenced Kamaruzzaman to death on May 9, 2013 for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. Five out of seven charges were proved by the prosecution in the case. Kamaruzzaman appealed against the judgement after a month. The Apex Court handed down capital punishment to Kamaruzzaman for the massacre of Sherpur's Sohagpur village, which has come to be widely known as "Bidhoba Palli," or the village of widows, following a mass killing in 1971. |
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