Bangladesh Upholds Death Sentences for War Crimes

Bangladesh Upholds Death Sentences for War CrimesBangladesh's highest court has upheld the death sentences of two opposition leaders who were convicted of war crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence against Pakistan. Bangladesh Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said Wednesday's rejection of the appeals of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid of Jamaat-e-Islami cleared the way for them to...

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