Ghulam Azam Sentenced to 90 years in prison or in prison until his death Monday July 15,2013

Ghulam Azam, former chief of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Party, was tried by a special war crimes tribunal investigating alleged crimes by several of the party’s leaders during the country’s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.

“Allegations of war crimes against Azam were proved beyond doubt, and the court sentenced him to 90 years in prison or in prison until his death,” Additional Attorney General M.K. Rahman said

Ghulam Azam was convicted of involvement in genocide, murder and torture of civilians, and other crimes against humanity during the nine-month war, which left around 3 million people dead, 200,000 women raped and thousands of homes torched.

He was also found guilty of colluding with Pakistani forces’ attacks on civilians during the conflict.