Abul Kalam Azad (politician, born 1947)

Abul Kalam Azad
Born(1947-03-05)March 5, 1947
Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British Raj

Abul Kalam Azad (born 5 March 1947) was a former Bangladeshi politician of the Jamaat-e-Islami, televangelist and convicted war criminal of the Bangladesh liberation war.[1][2][3]

He was the first of nine prominent Jamaat-e-Islami members accused of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal-2 of Bangladesh to be convicted for crimes against humanity, including murder and rape.[4][5] On 21 January 2013 Azad was sentenced to death by hanging for his crimes.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Bangladesh court gives death penalty to 1971 war criminal". IBN Live. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Azad flees to India". The Daily Star. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ABC News was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Abul Kalam indicted". The Daily Star. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Bachchu 'Rajakar' indicted". Banglanews24.com. 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  6. ^ "It's India against Lanka in final". The Daily Star. Agence France-Presse. 4 July 2008.
  7. ^ "Azad gets death for war crimes". bdnews24.com. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Maiden war crimes verdict 'Bachchu razakar' to be hanged". Banglanews24.com. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.