War criminal Qaiser files appeal with SC

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UNB, Dhaka :
Condemned convict war criminal Syed M Qaiser of Habiganj, a former state minister during HM Ershad’s military rule in the mid-80s, on Monday filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-2) verdict.
Zainul Abedin Tuhin, the counsel for Qaiser, filed the petition with the section of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court within the stipulated period prescribed by the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973.
On December 23 last, the tribunal condemned septuagenarian Qaiser to death
for perpetrating crimes against humanity, including rape and genocide, during the Liberation War in 1971.
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