Bangladesh authorities move to ban Islamist group

[JURIST] Bangladeshi investigators on Tuesday moved the government to ban Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) [party website; Global Security backgrounder] for its alleged involvement in war crimes occurring during the nation's 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War [Bangladesh News backgrounder] from Pakistan. Government investigators reportedly obtained [AP report] evidence that Jammat formed armed groups to assist Pakistani forces in the commission of atrocities. The Bangladesh war of independence caused an estimated 10 million civilians to flee to India and an estimated 3 million...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/03/bangladesh-authorities-move-to--ban-islamist-group.php

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