Death penalty

Mir Quasem appeal hearing Feb 2

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed February 2 for hearing the appeal filed by Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali against the tribunal verdict that had awarded him death penalty for wartime offences.
Four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha fix the date following a time prayer made by defence lawyer Advocate Khandaker Mahbub Hossin.

The defence lawyer sought time while the appeal came up before the apex court for an order.  On November 2, 2014, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 sentenced Quasem to death for crimes against humanity in 1971.
Quasem later filed an appeal with the SC, challenging the tribunal’s verdict. Quasem, a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Central Executive Council, in his appeal, cited 181 reasons for acquittal on all charges. The Supreme Court enlisted the matter at number four of the daily cause list.
So far, verdicts have been handed down against six war criminals in war crimes cases. The convicts include Jamaat assistant secretaries general Quader Molla and Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, the party’s Nayeb-e-Amir Delwar Hossain Sayedee, the party’s Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

Death penalty

Mir Quasem appeal hearing Feb 2

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed February 2 for hearing the appeal filed by Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali against the tribunal verdict that had awarded him death penalty for wartime offences. Four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha fix the date following a time prayer made by defence lawyer Advocate Khandaker Mahbub Hossin. The defence lawyer sought time while the appeal came up before the apex court for an order. On November 2, 2014, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 sentenced Quasem to death for crimes against humanity in 1971. Quasem later filed an appeal with the SC, challenging the tribunals verdict. Quasem, a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Central Executive Council, in his appeal, cited 181 reasons for acquittal on all charges. The Supreme Court enlisted the matter at number four of the daily cause list. So far, verdicts have been handed down against six war criminals in war crimes cases. The convicts include Jamaat assistant secretaries general Quader Molla and Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, the partys Nayeb-e-Amir Delwar Hossain Sayedee, the partys Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.