Mojaheed’s appeal hearing likely on Wednesday

Staff Correspondent: The hearing of the appeal of convicted war criminal, also Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, would be held on Wednesday.

The case was shown on top of the list of court 1 of appellate division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

According to the rules, the case list of the Supreme Court is posted to the court’s website one day earlier.

Earlier on July 17, 2013, The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) awarded death sentence to Jamaat Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid for his crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of 1971.

Later on August 11, 2013, the lawyers of Mojaheed appealed to the Supreme Court challenging the death sentence of war crimes tribunal.

Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid, a key figure in the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was accused of mass killing and torture and convicted of five of seven charges.

He led a militia accused of killing leaders and intellectuals supporting independence during 1971.

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