Bangladesh’s war crimes court sentenced a leading Islamist to death yesterday for rape, mass murder and genocide during the country’s 1971 war.
Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary-general ATM Azharul Islam became the 16th person and the 11th Islamist to be convicted of atrocities by the International Crimes Tribunal.
The tribunal found the 62-year-old guilty of being a member of a notorious pro-Pakistan militia.
PATRICK CHURA reflects on the mass murder of civilians in wartime and his own visit, 10 years ago, to My Lai where US soldiers slaughtered over 500 men, women, children and infants
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM



