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Bangladesh upholds war crimes death sentence of top Islamist
Bangladesh's highest court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence against the second highest ranked Islamist leader for war crimes during the country's battle for independence, paving the way for his hanging. In a brief ruling, Chief Justice S.K. Sinha "dismissed" Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid's appeal against his sentence, an AFP correspondent at the Supreme Court […]
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