91 Years Old Ghulam Should Spend Next 90 Years (Till Death) behind Bars in Jail !

Ghulam Azam, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ex-Chief Will Spend Next 90 Years behind Bars in Jail.

Ghulam Azam (91) has been jailed for 90 years for his involvement in crimes against humanity during the liberation war in 1971 with Pakistan. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 led by ATM Fazle Kabir issued the verdict today (15^th July 2013).

Ghulam Azam (91), 

The judge said in the verdict, Ghulam Azam deserves maximum penalty for all the crimes he committed. But this verdict has considered his age and health condition.

He was facing five charges including involvement in murder and torture of unarmed people, conspiracy, planning, incitement and complicity in genocide, and crimes against humanity. All five war crime charges were proved. The charges said that after receiving a written order from Ghulam Azam, Pakistani forces killed 38 people.

Victims of wartime cruelty and their family members and the whole nation have been waiting 41 years for this day. Majority people believe Ghulam Azam was the key character behind the mass murder during the war. Among with this people, the prosecution had sought the death penalty for Azam whom they described as a "lighthouse" who guided war criminals and the "architect" of many atrocities including genocide, murder, torture of civilians, and other crimes against humanity.

Central Command Council of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad, Ganojagaran Mancha rejected the verdict.

Freedom Fighters are not accepting this verdict. They believe that anything less than a death sentence is not a worthy verdict. They also claim that Ghulam Azam was the main villain of 1971.

“I reject this verdict, I reject this verdict" - a freedom fighter shouted in an angry on hearing about the judgment

After hearing the news of the verdict, Gonojagoron Mancha activists rejected it and blockaded Shahbag intersection instantly.  The verdict failed to reflect the demands of whole nation and therefore, we are rejecting the verdict – said Gonojagoron Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarkar.

We are waiting long time to end but not for that type verdict ! We wanted capital punishment for the main culprit. The verdict came as a shock to us and had let down the mass people, freedom fighters and victims of the criminal.