Lawyers to meet Mojaheed today for instructions
Five lawyers of convicted war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed will meet him at Dhaka Central Jail today for instructions regarding seeking a review of the Supreme Court verdict that upheld his death penalty.
Contacted, his lawyer Shishir Manir said they will seek necessary information from the Jamaat secretary general about filing a review petition with the SC against its verdict depending on the situation at the jail.
On June 16, the Appellate Division of the SC upheld the death penalty of Mojaheed for planning and instigating the killing of intellectuals and professionals in 1971. During the war, he was chief of infamous Al-Badr Bahini, one of the Pakistani occupation army's auxiliary forces, responsible for abducting, torturing and killing freedom fighters, intellectuals and pro-liberation people.
This is the first time that an ex-minister has been sentenced to death by the SC for war crimes. Mojaheed is also the first war crimes convict facing death for the killing of intellectuals and professionals. Mojaheed can now file a review petition and if rejected, seek presidential clemency as a last option to save his life.
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