Mojaheed to file review petition

Death row war crimes convict and Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed would file a review petition over his death penalty upheld by the Supreme Court.

Mojaheed’s lawyer Shishir Monir told to the reporters after five lawyers had a meeting with the Jamaat leader for 30-minutes at the entrance of Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday.

Shishir Monir said Mojaheed had no connection with the accusation the state brought against him.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday issued separate death warrants against condemned war crimes convicts Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court released the full verdicts, clearing the way for the execution.
Wrapped in red cloth, the warrants will be sent to the jail authorities for reading out before the convicts.
Earlier, the Supreme Court on 16 June upheld the death sentence awarded by the then ICT-2 to war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed for killing intellectuals during the Liberation War in 1971.
The then International Crimes Tribunal-2 on 17 July, 2013 awarded Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed death penalty for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in collaboration with the Pakistan occupation forces, after finding the Al Badr boss guilty of five, out of seven, charges.
On 11 August, 2013, condemned convict Mojaheed filed an appeal with the Appellate Division against his capital punishment awarded by the ICT-2.