Former Bangladesh parliament member charged with war crimes

[JURIST] The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) [official website; JURIST news archive] officially charged Abdul Jabbar, a former Jatiya Party lawmaker, with war crimes on Sunday. The charges, which include genocide, come at the conclusion of a year-long probe into allegations against the former member of Bangladesh's parliament. The probe produced evidence of Jabbar's involvement [Daily Star report] in the murder of 36 people, along with the forceful conversion of 200 Hindus to Islam and the looting and burning of...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/05/former-bangladesh-parliament-member-charged-with-war-crimes.php

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