[WATCH] Justice finally for the death designer’s victims

Updated : 10 May 2016, 13:54

Star Online Report

The nation had to wait for 69 months to witness a long overdue justice is being carried out for the mass murders and rape in 1971 led by war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.

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The legal battle in the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Nizami has drawn to a conclusion as the Supreme Court on May 5 dismissed his petition for reviewing its verdict that upheld his death penalty. The International Crimes Tribunal-1 delivered the verdict on October 29, 2014.

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The man, who led the ruthless militia Al-Badr in the massacre of Bangalees including intellectuals and professionals during the 1971 Liberation War, has now only one option left – seeking presidential clemency by confessing to the crimes he committed during the nine-month war.

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Without showing any remorse, Nizami said on several occasions that after all these years, no one should be charged with such offences.