The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal [5] on Nov. 13 convicted (PDF [6]) opposition politician MA Zahid Hossain Khokon to death for his role in killings and other war crimes perpetrated during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War [7]. The Tribunal found the accused guilty of the offenses of "murder, torture, deportation, rape, confinement, abduction and other inhumane acts" within the crimes against humanity sections of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act of 1973 [8]. Khokon, a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party [9] (BNP), was tried in absentia and is currently a fugitive [10] believed to be residing with his family in Sweden.
From Jurist [11], Nov. 13. used with permission.
