Back علي أحسن محمد مجاهد Arabic আলী আহসান মুহাম্মদ মুজাহিদ Bengali/Bangla Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed German
Member of Parliament Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed | |
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আলী আহসান মুহাম্মদ মুজাহিদ | |
 Mojaheed at 2010 public meeting | |
| Born | 23 June 1948 |
| Died | 22 November 2015 (aged 67) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Resting place | Khabaspur, Faridpur |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | Politics |
| Organization | Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh |
| Known for | Politics, war crimes |
| Title | Member of Parliament and Minister of Social Welfare |
| Term | 2001–2006 |
| Political party | Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | Crimes against humanity |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed (Bengali: আলী আহসান মুহাম্মদ মুজাহিদ; 23 June 1948 – 22 November 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician[1] who served as a Member of Parliament and as the Minister of Social Welfare from 2001 to 2007. He was executed in 2015 for war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation war of Bangladesh.
He was second in command of the Al-Badr paramilitary force in 1971, which committed war crimes at that time.[2][3] On 17 July 2013, he was found guilty of crimes including genocide, conspiracy in helping to kill intellectuals and abduction during the 1971 Liberation war of Bangladesh by the International Crimes Tribunal-2 and sentenced to death for two of the seven charges brought against him.[4][5][6] The High Court rejected his review petition on 18 November 2015. He was executed on 22 November 2015.[7] Until his death, he was the Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.[8][9][2][10]
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- ^ a b "Jamaat Secretary General gets death for war crimes in Bangladesh". Tehelka. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ "Mojaheed to hang". The Daily Star. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
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- ^ "Bangladesh Islamist party leader sentenced to death for war crimes". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ Habib, Haroon (18 July 2013). "Jamaat secretary-general gets death penalty for war crimes". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
- ^ Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra; Habib, Wasim Bin (22 November 2015). "Hanged, Together". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Bangladesh Islamist leader sentenced to death for war crimes". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ "Death penalty for leading Bangladesh Islamist". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ মুজাহিদকে ফাঁসির আদেশ [Mojaheed sentenced to death]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.