Chittagong Bureau :
Activists of different political parties and cultural organizations on Tuesday evening brought out jubilant processions over the Appellate Division’s refusal to review the death penalty handed down to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali for his crimes and atrocities against humanity during Bangladesh’s War of Liberation in 1971.
Soon after the five-member Appellate Division bench of the Supreme Court led-by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha delivered the verdict rejecting his review plea, hundreds of people brought out processions from different parts of the city and started to gather on the central Shaheed Minar premises.
Quasem Ali, 63, a member of Jamaat-e-Islami’s central executive council and a top financier of the anti-liberation party, was awarded the death penalty by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in 2014 for war crimes.
The ICT had sentenced him to death on Nov 2, 2014 for the killing of a young freedom fighter Jashim Uddin Ahmed and eight others and jailed him for 72 years for acts of abduction and torture.
The apex court has upheld the punishment on eight counts, acquitted him on one, and changed the penalty in another.
Welcoming the last verdict, Gonojagoron Mancha in Chittagong also brought out procession from Chittagong Press Club premises which concluded at Cheragi Pahar intersection after parading different city streets.
Later, the Mancha activists held a rally at Cheragi Pahar intersection where they demanded the government to occupy ‘Dalim Hotel’, a torture cell of the Al-Badar leader Mir Quasem, and preserve it as a remnant of torturing the Bangalees during the country’s liberation war.
Coordinator of Gonojagoron Mancha in Chittagong Sharif Chowhan said the verdict fulfilled the expectation of the masses. Welcoming the verdict, Dr Irshad Kamal, a witness of the cases filed for crimes against humanity, expressed satisfaction over the verdict and said Bangladesh has set an example of justice through the verdict.
“The whole nation and I are relieved over the verdict. I am satisfied,” Chitagong district Muktijuddah Commander Mohammad Shahab Uddin said in his immediate reaction after the chief justice-led appeals bench gave its decision on Tuesday morning.
Welcoming the appeal verdict, Bangladesh Awami League (AL), Bangladesh Chhatra League and other front organizations also brought out separate processions at different parts of the city. The AL leaders and activists gathered at Darul Fazal Market party office and held a rally there.
Activists of different political parties and cultural organizations on Tuesday evening brought out jubilant processions over the Appellate Division’s refusal to review the death penalty handed down to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali for his crimes and atrocities against humanity during Bangladesh’s War of Liberation in 1971.
Soon after the five-member Appellate Division bench of the Supreme Court led-by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha delivered the verdict rejecting his review plea, hundreds of people brought out processions from different parts of the city and started to gather on the central Shaheed Minar premises.
Quasem Ali, 63, a member of Jamaat-e-Islami’s central executive council and a top financier of the anti-liberation party, was awarded the death penalty by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in 2014 for war crimes.
The ICT had sentenced him to death on Nov 2, 2014 for the killing of a young freedom fighter Jashim Uddin Ahmed and eight others and jailed him for 72 years for acts of abduction and torture.
The apex court has upheld the punishment on eight counts, acquitted him on one, and changed the penalty in another.
Welcoming the last verdict, Gonojagoron Mancha in Chittagong also brought out procession from Chittagong Press Club premises which concluded at Cheragi Pahar intersection after parading different city streets.
Later, the Mancha activists held a rally at Cheragi Pahar intersection where they demanded the government to occupy ‘Dalim Hotel’, a torture cell of the Al-Badar leader Mir Quasem, and preserve it as a remnant of torturing the Bangalees during the country’s liberation war.
Coordinator of Gonojagoron Mancha in Chittagong Sharif Chowhan said the verdict fulfilled the expectation of the masses. Welcoming the verdict, Dr Irshad Kamal, a witness of the cases filed for crimes against humanity, expressed satisfaction over the verdict and said Bangladesh has set an example of justice through the verdict.
“The whole nation and I are relieved over the verdict. I am satisfied,” Chitagong district Muktijuddah Commander Mohammad Shahab Uddin said in his immediate reaction after the chief justice-led appeals bench gave its decision on Tuesday morning.
Welcoming the appeal verdict, Bangladesh Awami League (AL), Bangladesh Chhatra League and other front organizations also brought out separate processions at different parts of the city. The AL leaders and activists gathered at Darul Fazal Market party office and held a rally there.
