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                Bangladesh Islamic Politician Sentenced to Death

   A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal has convicted and sentenced to death
   an Islamist party leader, on charges of genocide and torture of unarmed
   civilians during the country`s 1971 independence war.
   The verdict against Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was handed down Thursday in
   Dhaka, the capital.
   He is the fourth Jamaat-e-Islami party member to be sentenced for war
   crimes since the tribunal was established in 2010.
   Kamaruzzaman, who is 61, denies the charges. His lawyer says he will
   appeal.
   Previous rulings from the tribunal have sparked widespread violence.
   Critics have accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of using the
   tribunals to decimate the country`s opposition parties ahead of
   elections scheduled for next year.
   Bangladesh fought a nine-month war against Pakistan in 1971 to obtain
   its independence. The government says three million people died in the
   violence, although other estimates put the death toll lower.
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