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Bangladesh hangs Islamist party figure for 1971 war crimes
September 3, 2016 By Faith Matters

Bangladesh hangs Islamist party figure for 1971 war crimes

Bangladesh has hanged a top Islamist party figure for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, the law minister said on Saturday. Mir Quasem Ali, 63, a key financier of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was executed at Kashimpur Central Jail on the outskirts of the capital, for murder, confinement, torture and incitement to […]

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