Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam has filed a petition with the Supreme Court, pleading to review its judgement that upheld his death sentence initially awarded by International Crimes Tribunal for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
Azhar’s counsel Advocate Mohammad Shishir Monir said they filed the 23-page review plea on Sunday, seeking his acquittal on 14 grounds.
The Appellate Division on October 31, 2019 had pronounced its judgement, upholding death for ATM Azharul Islam.
On March 25, 2020, the apex court released the full text of that judgment.
Earlier, the ICT on December 30, 2014 had sentenced Azhar to death for his crimes against humanity in Rangpur during the Liberation War. The tribunal found him guilty in five out of six charges framed against him.
He appealed against his conviction on January 28, 2015.
He was arrested on August 23, 2012, after the first war crimes tribunal issued an arrest warrant.
The tribunal on November 12, 2013, framed six charges of crimes against humanity against Azhar.
