Editorial photo #1418830 Crime, Law and Justice

War crimes: Mir Quasem hanged

Ambulance carrying the body of Mir Quasem Ali, leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, drives outside Kashimpur Central Jail on the outskirts of Dhaka on September 3, 2016 after he was executed for war crimes committed during the 1971 independence war with Pakistan. Mir Quasem Ali, a key leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was executed after being convicted by a controversial war crimes tribunal for offences committed during the 1971 independence conflict with Pakistan. The 63-year-old was hanged at the Kashimpur high security jail in Gazipur, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Dhaka, amid stepped-up security outside the prison and in the capital. (Photo by Sony Ramany/NurPhoto)