A SPECIAL war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced a leader of an Islamic political party to death for crimes stemming from the nation's 1971 fight for independence.
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee was found guilty of eight counts out of 20 charges involving mass killings, rape and atrocities during the nine-month war against Pakistan, prosecutor Syed Haider Ali said.
The verdict was announced by presiding tribunal judge ATM Fazle Kabir in a packed courtroom.
"Justice has been done to those who lost their loved ones at the hands of Sayedee," Ali said.
Lawyers for the defendant boycotted the tribunal during the verdict.
Comments from Sayedee's lawyers were not immediately available, but he had previously denied the allegations and said the charges were politically motivated. He has 60 days to appeal.
Jamaat-e-Islami was enforcing a nationwide general strike on Thursday to denounce the trial and to demand Sayedee be freed.
He is the third defendant to be convicted of crimes against humanity since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government initiated the tribunal in 2010.
In the first verdict in January, the tribunal sentenced former Jamaat leader Abul Kalam Azad to death on similar charges.
Another Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah was sentenced to life in prison in February for atrocities during the war.
Another seven top leaders of Jamaat are on trial for their alleged role in the atrocities during the war.
International human rights organisations also questioned fairness of the trial, referring to the disappearance of a witness for Sayedee.
Bangladesh says the 1971 war left 3 million people dead, 200,000 women raped and forced millions to take shelter in neighbouring India.
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