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Bangladeshi ex-minister appeals against death penalty for war crimes

Xinhua, January 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Bangladesh's former minister Syed Mohammed Kaiser has challenged the death penalty on him by a war crime tribunal.

His lawyer Joynul Abedin Tuhin on Monday filed an appeal against the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-1) verdict against Kaiser, who is now behind the bar.

Abedin, on behalf of Kaiser, filed the appeal in the country's Supreme Court.

On Dec. 23, 2014, the ICT-1 handed down punishment to Kaiser for war crimes.

ICT-1 found the 74-year-old guilty of collaborating with Pakistani forces during the war between the two countries and committing war crimes including mass killings. Endi