Bangladesh court sentences 6 to death for ‘war crimes’
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A court in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced six men to death for “committing crimes against humanity” in 1971.
Five of the convicts were present for the sentencing in the capital Dhaka.
One of the accused has died since the case was launched in November 2015.
A three-member tribunal convicted the defendants on charges of committing murders and engaging in looting, kidnapping and arson in the southwestern city of Khulna in 1971.
All six were said to be supporters of the now-defunct Convention Muslim League and opposition Jamaat-e-Islami during a bloody months-long war that led to dismemberment of Pakistan and creation of Bangladesh in 1971.
The tribunal, set up in 2009, has been criticized by international rights groups for not following fair trial standards.
Abdus Sattar Palwan, the convicts’ lawyer, told reporters that his clients “did not get justice” and would challenge the verdict in a higher court.
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