War criminal Mir Quasem's appeal hearing against death starts today

The Supreme Court will start hearing today on the appeal of war criminal and Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali challenging his death penalty for his wartime crimes against humanity.

Four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on January 6 fixed today's date to begin the hearing.

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Earlier on November 2, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 sentenced Quasem to death for crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

Around four weeks later, he filed the appeal with the SC challenging the tribunal's verdict.