A protester reacts outside the Bangladesh Supreme Court on May 5, 2016, after it rejected the final appeal by Motiur Rahman Nizami against his death sentence. REUTERS/Ashikur Rahman
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a final appeal by the leader of the top Islamist party against a death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning he could be hanged at any time.
The Supreme Court in January upheld the death penalty for Motiur Rahman Nizami, head of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, for genocide, rape and orchestrating the massacre of top intellectuals during the 1971 war.
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