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Brothers found guilty of 1971 war crimes in Bangladesh, one sentenced to death,two life in prison

Xinhua, June 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

A special tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced one man to death on Wednesday and two others life in prison for their crimes committed during the country's war of independence in 1971.

The International Crimes Tribunal, led by its Chairman Justice Anwarul Haque, found three brothers guilty of all the four charges brought against them.

The charges include rape, murder, confinement and torture of unarmed civilians.

All the three suspects were in court for the verdict.

Defence counsel Masud Rana expressed discontent with the verdict, saying his clients will file appeal with the Supreme Court.

After returning to power in January 2009, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Bangladesh's independence hero Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, established the first tribunal in March 2010, almost 40 years after the 1971 war.

Four leaders of opposition Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party Motiur Rahman Nizami, Abdul Quader Molla, Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid have already been executed for war crimes.

Apart from them,opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) leader Salaudin Quader Chowdhury was executed on Nov. 22 last year.

Both BNP and Jamaat have dismissed the court as a government "show trial," saying it is a domestic set-up without the oversight or involvement of the United Nations.

The government of Hasina said about 3 million people were killed in the war. Enditem