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Mar 31, 1943 Santhia Upazila, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh Died on 11 May 2016 (aged 73)
Bangladeshi politician
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About Motiur Rahman Nizami
- Motiur Rahman Nizami (Bengali: ????? ????? ??????; 31 March 1943 – 11 May 2016) was a politician, former Minister of Bangladesh, radical Islamic scholar, writer, the former leader of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and war criminal.
- He was the leader of the anti-Bangladesh militia group Al-Badr during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
- On 29 October 2014, he was convicted and executed for his role in masterminding the Demra massacre by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh.
- He was the Member of Parliament for the Pabna-1 constituency from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006.
- He also served as the Bangladeshi Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Industry. While various political entities and international organizations had originally welcomed the trials, in November 2011 Human Rights Watch criticized the government for aspects of their progress, lack of transparency, and reported harassment of defense lawyers and witnesses representing the accused.
- Nizami was the last high-profile suspect to be tried for war crimes of the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide; the court delayed his verdict in June 2014 because of the state of his health.In 2004, Nizami was convicted under separate charges for arms trafficking to the state of Assam, India and was sentenced to death, along with 13 other men in January 2014.On 29 October 2014, he was convicted and sentenced to death for his role in masterminding the Demra massacre, in which 800–900 unarmed Hindu civilians were killed after the women were raped.
- He was executed by hanging at Dhaka Central Jail on 11 May 2016.
- He is the third minister of Bangladesh to be hanged.
- He was frequently listed on The 500 Most Influential Muslims.
