DHAKA Bangladesh’s top Islamist politician says he supports the extradition of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina to face trial for crimes against humanity in
the same tribunal that convicted his colleagues.
“We don’t believe in the theory that just because we faced injustice, someone else should also face injustice,” the 65-year-old told AFP at his party office in the capital Dhaka. Several cases accusing Hasina of orchestrating the “mass murder” of protesters are being probed in a deeply contentious war crimes court her government set up.
The tribunal hanged five of Jamaat’s top leaders, sparking protests that led to the deaths of around 500 people. At the same time, Rahman said Jamaat would challenge the tribunal’s former wrongdoings by posthumously appealing the death penalty verdicts handed to his former colleagues.Jamaat’s headquarters was shuttered for more than a decade but reopened days after Hasina’s downfall. It is now swarming with party activists.
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