International Crimes Tribunal prosecutor Tureen Afroz has termed upholding the death penalty for war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid a great triumph to the humanity.
“Many plots were active to foil the verdict move putting the country's sovereignty at threat. Amid the final verdict, it has been proved that none is above the law,” Tureen said immediately after the verdicts were given.
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She further said: “The justice has been done.”
The Supreme Court today has upheld the previous death penalties of International Crimes Tribunals to BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid rejecting their review pleas for their crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
