Fresh violence has erupted in northern Bangladesh one day after a senior Islamist party leader was sentenced to death by a special war crimes tribunal.
Delwar Hossain Sayeedi was found guilty on Thursday of charges including murder, rape and torture during the war of independence in 1971.
At least 35 people were killed as deadly clashes swept the country after the verdict was announced.
Sayeedi's Jamaat-e-Islami party says the tribunal is biased against it.
- Civil war erupts in Pakistan, pitting the West Pakistan army against East Pakistanis demanding autonomy and later independence
- Fighting forces an estimated 10 million East Pakistani civilians to flee to India
- In December, India invades East Pakistan in support of the East Pakistani people
- Pakistani army surrenders at Dhaka and its army of more than 90,000 become Indian prisoners of war
- East Pakistan becomes the independent country of Bangladesh on 16 December 1971
The party was opposed to Bangladeshi independence but denies any role in war crimes committed by pro-Pakistan militias. Official estimates say more than three million people were killed in the war.
Thursday's violence saw confrontations between the police and Jamaat supporters across the country.
But on Friday clashes broke out in the district of Gaibandha between supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami party and members of the governing Awami League, one of whom was killed, police say.
Recent weeks have seen a series of large and angry protests by anti-Jamaat protesters demanding the execution of Islamist leaders sentenced by the tribunal.
News of the death sentence on Sayeedi was met with jubilation by some demonstrators on the streets.
Sayeedi is the third person to be convicted by the tribunal so far, and the most senior. It is trying a total of nine Jamaat leaders and two members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Sayeedi was accused of working with the al-Badr group during the independence struggle and carrying out numerous atrocities, including forcibly converting Hindus to Islam.
His critics say that during the war, he formed a small group to loot and seize the property of Bengali Hindus and those who supported independence.
Earlier this month, another Jamaat leader, Abdul Kader Mullah, was sentenced to life for crimes against humanity.
In January, former party leader Abul Kalam Azad was found guilty in absentia of eight charges of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death.
The special court was set up in 2010 by the current Bangladeshi government to deal with those accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces who attempted to stop East Pakistan (as Bangladesh was then) from becoming an independent country.
But human rights groups have said the tribunal falls short of international standards.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Fresh violence erupts in Bangladesh
Dengan url
http://worldartikelku.blogspot.com/2013/03/fresh-violence-erupts-in-bangladesh.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Fresh violence erupts in Bangladesh
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Fresh violence erupts in Bangladesh
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar