Bangladesh Islamist’s war crimes life sentence revised to death

DHAKA, Bangladesh - In a move that triggered widespread riots in parts of Bangladesh, the country’s top court Tuesday overturned a life sentence against an Islamist leader and instead awarded him death penalty for murder, rape and torture during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah was sentenced to life in prison by a tribunal that convicted … [Read More]

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