Mahbubul Alam Hanif, joint general secretary of the now
banned Awami League, has been sentenced to death by a tribunal in a crime
against humanity case over the killing of six people in Kushtia during the July
uprising. The three other defendants in the case have been sentenced to
rigorous imprisonment for the rest of their lives.
The three-member International Crimes Tribunal 2, headed by
Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, delivered the verdict on Thursday.
The three defendants sentenced to...