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In this photograph taken on May 13, 2012, Ghulam Azam (C), former head of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, is assisted by security personnel as he emerges from the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka. A special Bangladesh court on July 13, 2013, found top Islamist, Azam, guilty of masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan (AFP PHOTO/STR/ FILES)


Ex-party chief jailed for 90 years in Bangladesh

Ex-party chief jailed for 90 years in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Associated Press—A 91-year-old former chief of an Islamic party in Bangladesh was sentenced to 90 years in jail on Monday for crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence war, angering both supporters who said the trial was politically...