Dhaka, Aug 03 (ANI): Bangladesh’s academicians and human rights activists hailed a last week decision of Supreme Court to uphold the death penalty to senior opposition leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, paving the way for his execution. Chowdhury, 66, a legislator from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was found guilty of torture, rape and genocide during the 1971 liberation war. He is also the second former minister to have the death sentence upheld after Jamaat-e-Islami’s Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed was sentenced in June this year. A professor at Dhaka University, Dr. Nazmul Ahsan Kalimillah said the July 29 court verdict reflected the desire of the people to try all those involved in the war crimes. BNP supporters have been carrying out protests in Dhaka and other cities since Chowdhury was sentenced to death first by the International War Crimes Tribunal. A Bangladeshi writer and human rights activist, Shahriar Kabir condemned the politics by BNP and its ally Jammat-e-Islami.
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