Obaidul Quader among 7 AL leaders sentenced to death
Samakal Correspondent
15 Sep 2026 13:00 PM । Update: 15 Sep 2026 13:01 PM
A court has sentenced seven leaders of the Awami League—a party whose activities are currently banned—to death in a case involving crimes against humanity committed during the mass uprising of July 2024.
The verdict was announced on Tuesday by the three-member International Crimes Tribunal-2, led by Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury.
The other two members of the tribunal are Judges Md. Manjurul Basid and Nur Mohammad Shahriar Kabir.
The other accused sentenced to death are: AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Joint General Secretary of the banned Awami League; Mohammad Ali Arafat, former State Minister for Information; Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash, President of Jubo League, and Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil, its General Secretary; as well as Saddam Hussain, President of Chhatra League, and Sheikh Wali Asif Inan, its General Secretary.
All the accused in this case remain at large.
