Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, Ghulam Azam, was sentenced on July 15, 2013, to 90 years' imprisonment. He died in prison on October 23, 2014.
Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed was sentenced to death by hanging on July 17, 2013, and hanged on November 22, 2015.
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was sentenced to death by hanging on October 1, 2013, and hanged on November 22, 2015.
On February 2, 2014, Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf, who was also on trial for crimes against humanity, died in prison. Yusuf was alleged to be the founder of infamous Peace Committees and Razakar force in the greater Khulna region.
On October 29, 2014, Motiur Rahman Nizami was sentenced to death and hanged on May 11, 2016. The International Crimes Tribunal has also observed that while claiming to be an Islamic scholar, he had misinterpreted the Quran to encourage his followers to indulge in genocide. Nizami did not submit a plea for mercy to the president. "While many in Bangladesh believe Nizami to be guilty and want him punished, justice is only served through fair trials," Brad Adams, the Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said.
On November 2, 2014, Jamaat-e-Islami politician Mir Quasem Ali was sentenced to death and hanged on September 3, 2016. Ali declined to seek a presidential pardon, which would require an admission of guilt. Ali had helped revive Jamaat and made it a potent force in Bangladesh politics by setting up charities, businesses and trusts linked to it after it was allowed to operate in the late 1970s.
With Ali's death, all five top leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami have been hanged for war crimes after the secular government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set up a domestic war-crimes tribunal in 2010.
Rights groups say the tribunal's trials fall short of global standards and lack international oversight, while Hasina's secular government says they are needed to heal the wounds of the conflict.
Jamaat says the tribunal's trials are politically motivated, part of a government conspiracy to eliminate the party, which is a key opposition force.
On August 1, 2013, High Court cancelled the registration of the Jamaat-e-Islami, ruling that the party is unfit to contest national polls because its charter puts God above democratic process. After four days, the Supreme Court rejected Jamaat's plea against the High Court verdict.
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