B'desh SC upholds Jamaat chief's death sentence
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the final appeal against the death sentence it had imposed on the Chief of Islamist organisation Jamaat-e-Islami, Motiur Rahman Nizami. Nizami was sentenced to death for his crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War with Pakistan. The 72-year-old leader can seek a presidential pardon before the death sentence is executed.