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| Former Jamaat-e-Islami chief found guilty of war crimes | |
| 2013-07-15 | |
| A war crimes court has found Islamist Ghulam Azam guilty of five charges tied to Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence. Ghulam Azam was sentenced to 90 years in jail for his involvement in mass killings and rape during that war. It is the fifth sentence passed against current and former party leaders. The court found Azam guilty of five charges including conspiracy, incitement, planning, abetting and failing to prevent murder. He has denied the charges, which his supporters say were politically motivated. Azam faced more than 60 counts of crimes against humanity for his role in setting up militia groups which carried out atrocities during the war. The prosecution had been seeking the death penalty. But the three-judge panel said that while Mr Azam deserved capital punishment, he received a prison term because of his advanced age.
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| Posted by:ryuge |