Bangladeshi Islamic leader sentenced to 90 years in prison for war crimes

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islmai party’s former chief Ghulam Azam (C) arrives at a criminal court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 15, 2013.

Ghulam Azam, one of the most high profile leaders of Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, was on Monday sentenced to 90 years in prison for war crimes including mass killings. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Shariful Islam>

A protester shouts slogans demanding death penalty for Ghulam Azam in front of a criminal court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 15, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Shariful Islam>

Bangladeshi activists shout slogans as they protest against the verdict of former Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ghulam Azam in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, July 15, 2013.

The 91-year-old former chief of the Islamic party in Bangladesh was sentenced to 90 years in jail on Monday for crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence war, angering both supporters who said the trial was politically motivated and opponents who said he should be executed. <AP Photo/NEWSis/A.M. Ahad>