{"id":94537,"date":"2025-05-28T03:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T03:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bangladesh-court-acquits-jamaat-leader\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T03:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T03:22:06","slug":"bangladesh-court-acquits-jamaat-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bangladesh-court-acquits-jamaat-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh court acquits Jamaat leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DHAKA: Bangladesh\u2019s top court on Tuesday overturned a conviction against a key leader of the country\u2019s main religious party, who had been on death row since being sentenced<\/a> under the regime ousted<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

A.T.M. Azharul Islam, from the Jamaat-i-Islami party, and who has been in custody since 2012, was acquitted of crimes against humanity by the Supreme Court, which ordered his release.<\/p>\n

Azharul Islam, who was born in 1952, was among six senior political leaders convicted during the tenure of Sheikh Hasina, whose 15-year-long autocratic rule<\/a> as prime minister ended in August 2024 when a student-led revolt forced her to flee.<\/p>\n

Political parties, including Jamaat-i-Islami, are readying for hugely anticipated elections<\/a> which the interim government has vowed will take place by June 2026 at the latest.<\/p>\n

Islam\u2019s lawyer Shishir Monir said he was \u201cfortunate\u201d because the five other senior political leaders who had been convicted \u2014 four from Jamaat-i-Islami, and another from the key Bangladesh National Party (BNP) \u2014 had already been hanged.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe got justice because he is alive\u201d, Monir told reporters. \u201cThe appellate division failed to review the evidence in other cases for crimes against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Azharul Islam had been sentenced to death in 2014 for rape, murder and genocide during the 1971 military operation.<\/p>\n

Hasina banned<\/a> Jamaat-i-Islami during her tenure and cracked down on its leaders.<\/p>\n

Azharul Islam appealed in 2015, but the court upheld the verdict in 2019, and he filed a review petition in 2020.<\/p>\n

Hasina, 77, fled to India last year as crowds stormed her palace, and she remains there in exile.<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, May 28th, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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