B'desh: Protests erupt as Islamist leader walks free after acquittal in Liberation war crimes case

Dhaka: Once slapped with the charges of crimes against humanity committed during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971, Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam walked free out of prison on Wednesday following the Supreme Court’s acquittal of his death sentence.  The apex court made this decision on Tuesday, overturning the death sentence given by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh to Azharul Islam, leading to fury among several in the violence-hit South Asian nation, according to local media reports. Jailed for nearly 13 years for war crimes, Azharul was received by party leaders and activists at the jail gate by his radical supporters. Following this, he went straight to a rally at the Shahbagh intersection. (IANS)

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