1ºAllama Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (2
February 1940 – 14 August 2023) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician and lecturer, who served as a Member of Parliament representing the Pirojpur-1, Barisal,constituency from 1996 to 2006

Sayeedi was arrested in 2010 accused of hurting religious sentiments and then was subsequently charged and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh sentenced him to death in February 2013 for founding him guilty of eight out of twenty alleged charge regarding the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Several international observers
condemned the verdict and suggested the charges to be politically motivated and case of mistaken identity.

His trial has been criticized by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty
International.amar

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