Bangladesh ups security for war crimes verdict

Last updated 16:35 24/06/2014
Motiur Rahman Nizami
Motiur Rahman Nizami, leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-E-Islami.

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Thousands of extra security officials were deployed across Bangladesh ahead of a verdict against the top leader of an Islamist party charged with war crimes that prosecutors says led to the deaths of thousands during the nation's independence war against Pakistan in 1971.



ATM Habibur Rahman, a spokesman for the elite anti-crime force Rapid Action Battalion, said 8000 members were deployed in Dhaka and other cities to stop any violence caused by the verdict, as previous verdicts have triggered violence in a country where politics are extremely divisive.


The prosecution says Nizami acted as the supreme commander of a militia group, Al-Badr, which carried out a systematic plan to torture and execute pro-liberation supporters during the war, including teachers, engineers and journalists.


The prosecution has asked for a death sentence for Nizami, while the defence argued the charges were politically motivated.


Jamaat-e-Islami party openly campaigned against independence and its then leader, Ghulam Azam, toured the Middle East to mobilize support for Pakistan, but the party has denied committing atrocities.

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