Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday sentenced three persons to death for collaborating with the Pakistan Army and committing crimes against humanity during the country's Liberation War in 1971.
"One of the convicts is a fugitive and was tried in absentia but the other two faced the trial in person...They all were activists of Jamaat-e-Islami (party)," senior prosecutor Syed Haider Ali said. Jamaat-e-Islami was opposed to Bangladesh's 1971 independence from Pakistan while its activists were the key-elements of Pakistan military's auxiliary units like Razakar and Gestapo-like Al-Badar forces.