The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is likely to hear on Wednesday the review petition of condemned war crimes convict BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury against its verdict upholding his death penalties for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
The review petition has been on third of the SC cause list for Wednesday for hearing at the full-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. Earlier, on November 2, the bench fixed November 17 for the hearing on the review petitions of the two condemned war crimes convicts-
Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. The apex court set Wednesday for passing its verdict on the review pleas filed by Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed as it heard the petition on Tuesday.
On October 14, death-row war crimes convict SQ Chowdhury filed a review petition on Wednesday with the Supreme Court against its verdict upholding his death penalty for his crimes. On October 1, the International Crimes Tribunal had issued a death warrant against SQ Chowdhury.
The SC on September 30 released the full verdict awarding death penalty to Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, clearing the way for the execution of the judgment.
Earlier, the court on June 29 upheld the death sentence awarded by ICT-1 to him for committing crimes against humanity, including rape and mass killing, during the Liberation War, 43 years ago. On October 1, 2013, the then International Crimes Tribunal-1 found the BNP leader guilty of crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation and condemned him to death.
On October 29 of the same year, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court against the ICT verdict. Meanwhile, the SC adjourned the hearing till Wednesday on the appeal filed by condemned convict Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging the death penalty handed down to him for his war crimes.
On September 9, the apex court started hearing the appeal filed by Jamaat leader Nizami challenging the death penalty.
On October 29 last year, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 condemned Nizami to death for crimes against humanity, including genocide and the murder of intellectuals, during the Liberation War in 1971.
