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In spite of pleas from the United Nations, Bangladesh has on Friday executed Abdul Quader Mollah.
The execution came after the country's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Mollah, state-run news agency BSS reported.
Mollah was sentenced in September after being convicted of crimes against humanity that date back to 1971, during the country's war for independence.
The execution, originally scheduled for Tuesday, was delayed by the Supreme Court at the last minute.
Mollah was the Assistant Secretary General for the Jamaat-e-Islami Party, whichnwas banned earlier this year from taking part in elections.
The court decisions in his case and others against senior Jamaat leaders had resulted in violent protests in the streets.
He was convicted in February, of war crimes by an international panel set up by the government in an attempt to bring to justice those accused of atrocities.
He was originally sentenced to life imprisonment, but many Bangladeshis held protests saying the sentence was not harsh enough.
The Supreme Court then sentenced him to death. In Bangladesh's legal system, such decision cannot be appealed.
The execution came after the country's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Mollah, state-run news agency BSS reported.
Mollah was sentenced in September after being convicted of crimes against humanity that date back to 1971, during the country's war for independence.
The execution, originally scheduled for Tuesday, was delayed by the Supreme Court at the last minute.
Mollah was the Assistant Secretary General for the Jamaat-e-Islami Party, whichnwas banned earlier this year from taking part in elections.
The court decisions in his case and others against senior Jamaat leaders had resulted in violent protests in the streets.
He was convicted in February, of war crimes by an international panel set up by the government in an attempt to bring to justice those accused of atrocities.
He was originally sentenced to life imprisonment, but many Bangladeshis held protests saying the sentence was not harsh enough.
The Supreme Court then sentenced him to death. In Bangladesh's legal system, such decision cannot be appealed.
