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Death sentence upheld for Islamist Party leader

(5 May 2016) The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Thursday upheld a death sentence given to Motiur Rahman Nizami, leader of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party. Nizami, the head of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was sentenced to death for atrocities and multiple killings committed during the nation's independence war against Pakistan in 1971. A special tribunal dealing with war crimes convicted Nizami on 16 charges, including genocide, murder, torture, rape and destruction of property. With the rejection of his review petition on Thursday, the last legal barrier to his execution has been removed unless he gets presidential clemency which is unlikely. Bangladesh says Pakistani soldiers, aided by local collaborators, killed 3 million people and raped 200,000 women during the war. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...