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Monday, November 4, 2013

Chowdhury Mueen Uddin Sentenced To Death for War Crimes in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Prime minister Sheikh Hasina formed a special tribunal in 2010 to try war crimes suspects

Chowdhury Mueen Uddin,a British-based Muslim leader who helped set up the Muslim Council of Britain, was the director of Muslim Spiritual Care in the NHS as well as a number of other charitable and community roles
Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin (left) with Prince Charles in 2003
 

Chowdhury Mueen Uddin was sentenced in his absence at a special war crimes tribunal after refusing to return to Bangladesh to face trial

Chowdhury Mueen Uddin was found guilty of abducting and murdering 18 people including nine university teachers, six journalists and three physicians in December 1971, during the country's fight for independence against Pakistan.

The court also convicted Ashrafuzzaman Khan, who is currently in New York.

Uddin and Khan were members of Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami during the 1971 war.
The party is allied with the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party headed by former prime minister Khaleda Zia, a rival of current prime minister Sheikh Hasina

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