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Bangladesh charges Islamist chief Motiur Rahman Nizami (war crimes during '71 independence)
The leader of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party has been charged with war crimes by a special tribunal.
Motiur Rahman Nizami, head of Jamaat-e-Islami, is accused of genocide and other crimes allegedly carried out during the country's 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.
Earlier this month the tribunal charged Ghulam Azam, the former leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, with war crimes.
The party says the charges are politically motivated.
full: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18232605
