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Bangladesh War Crime Execution Triggers Mixed Reactions

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Wednesday’s execution in Bangladesh of an Islamic political party leader, accused of committing crimes during the country’s 1971 war of independence to break away from Pakistan, has triggered mixed reactions in and outside the country. Activists supporting Bangladesh’s war crime trials and the relatives of those who were killed have welcomed the execution of Motiur Rahman Nizami, head of the country’s largest Islamic party of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), calling him the mastermind behind the...

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