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Ghulam Azam, former head of Jamaat-e-Islami, sentenced to 90 years for crimes committed during 1971 independence war
A 91-year-old former leader of an Islamic party in Bangladesh has been sentenced to 90 years in jail for crimes against humanity during the country's 1971 independence war.
A special tribunal of three judges announced the decision against Ghulam Azam in a packed courtroom on Monday in the capital, Dhaka.
The panel said the former leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party deserved the death sentence, but received a prison term instead because of his advanced age.
Bangladesh says the Pakistani army was responsible for the deaths of 3 million people and rape of 200,000 women with the assistance of local collaborators during the war.
The tribunal found Azam guilty of all 61 charges under five categories: conspiracy, incitement, planning, abetment and failure to prevent killing.
Previous verdicts against Jamaat-e-Islami leaders have sparked violence.
