Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed

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Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed ( Bengali আলী আহসান মুহাম্মদ মুজাহিদ Ālī Āhsān Muhāmmad Mujāhid ; born June 23, 1948 , † November 22, 2015 in Dhaka ) was a Bangladeshi politician ( Jamaat-e-Islami ).

Life

Mojaheed was Minister for Social Affairs from 2001 to 2006 in the government formed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami. He was also Secretary General of the Jamaat-e-Islami.

After the parties had to go into the opposition after losing parliamentary elections and the new Awami League- led government set up a tribunal to deal with war crimes during the 1971 War of Independence , Mojaheed and other opposition leaders were brought to justice. In 2013 he was sentenced to death for war crimes . Among other things, he was charged with the murder of intellectuals. After President Abdul Hamid had rejected his mercy petition on November 21, 2015 Mojaheed was at 00:55 of November 22, 2015 together with the deputies Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury in the central prison of the capital Dhaka hanged .

While supporters of the government celebrated the executions with street parties, the government ordered tightened security measures, as the worst unrest to date since the country's independence had already occurred in 2013 after the verdict was announced, which resulted in the death of around 500 people. The opposition, which considers the trials to be politically motivated, called for a general strike . Human Rights Watch described the processes as unfair and inconsistent with the rule of law.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bangladesh Hangs 2 Leaders Convicted of War Crimes. In: The New York Times , November 21, 2015, accessed November 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Bangladesh: No mercy for death row inmates. In: Deutsche Welle , November 21, 2015, accessed on November 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Bangladesh executes two opposition leaders. In: Zeit Online , November 22, 2015, accessed November 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b c Two opposition politicians executed in Bangladesh. In: Euronews , November 22, 2015, accessed November 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ Bangladesh: Halt Imminent War Crimes Executions - Suspend Death Penalty Immediately. In: hrw.org. November 20, 2015, accessed November 22, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Mojaheed, Ali Ahsan Mohammad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bangladeshi politician of the Jamaat-e-Islami
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1948
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 2015
Place of death Dhaka , Bangladesh