After losing his review appeal in the top court, the only option left for Mir Quasem was to seek presidential clemency. On Friday, the prison authorities said Mir Quasem refused to seek mercy, after which the family was asked to meet him one last time. The International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Jamaat executive council member Mir Quasem to death in 2014 for war crimes. Mir Quasem, founding president of the Islami Chhatra Shibir, is a member of Jamaat's policymaking Central Executive Council. Jamaat’s assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Molla was the first to be hanged for 1971 war crimes on Dec 12, 2013.

Source: bd News24 September 03, 2016 11:48 UTC