Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Thursday May 05,2016 upheld the death
sentence it handed down to chief of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami
Motiur Rahman Nizami over crimes against humanity during the 1971
Liberation War with Pakistan.
The 4-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha pronounced the single-word judgment.
“Rejected,” said the top judge about the final appeal of 72-year-old
Nizami, who was convicted of murder, rape and orchestrating the killing
of top intellectuals.
Thursday’s final verdict comes
two days after the bench wrapped up hearing Nizami’s petition, seeking a
review of the top court’s own previous judgment that had confirmed his
death sentence.
The Supreme Court’s decision clears
the final legal hurdle for the government to hang the Jamaat-e-Islami
chief, who is now left with the only option to seek presidential mercy.
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