When it was confirmed by the government that death row convict Abdul Quader Molla would be executed last night, Jamaat-e-Islami issued a statement saying that it would be a political killing if the government had executed him.
Jamaat acting ameer Mokbul Ahmed said: “The government is unwilling to provide him [Quader Molla] minimum constitutional and legal rights and thus it will be considered as a political killing.”
“The government has snatched his rights and announced executing the verdict tonight,” though Quader
Molla was supposed to get another 21 days as per the jail code, the statement reads.
Jamaat claims that the verdict was a plan of the government and it played both direct and indirect role to affect many verdicts of the war crimes tribunal.
The key ally of the BNP-led 18-party alliance, Jamaat through the statement urged the international human rights watchdogs, communities and the United Nations to raise voice against the “killing.”
