Bangladesh MP sentenced to death for war crimes
[JURIST] The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) [JURIST
news archive] on Monday sentenced Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, a member
of parliament for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) [party
website], to death for war crimes committed during the 1971 Bangladesh
Liberation War [GlobalSecurity backgrounder]. Chowdhury is the first
member of the BNP to stand trial [BBC report] for war crimes under the
tribunal set up by the Awami League [party website] led government in
2010. He was found guilty on nine of...
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