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Bangladesh Top Court Acquits Islamist Leader On Death Row: Lawyer

Bangladesh's senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader A.T.M. Azharul Islam was acquitted on Tuesday -- this photograph was taken in 2014 following the verdict for his now-overturned death sentence (Credit: AFP)

Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday overturned a conviction against a key leader of the country's main Islamist party, who had been on death row since being sentenced under the regime ousted last year.

A.T.M. Azharul Islam, from the Jamaat-e-Islami party, and who has been in custody since 2012, was acquitted of crimes against humanity by the Supreme Court, which ordered his release.

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