ATM Azharul Islam

‘Are you trying to rehabilitate Awami League?’ Azharul asks BNP

Jamaat MP says people deserve an explanation if BNP is trying to keep figures associated with the former government in office
28 June 2026

SC regrets earlier ruling upholding Azharul’s death sentence in 1971 crimes against humanity case

Full verdict says the earlier judgement failed to properly consider evidentiary deficiencies
11 May 2026

Freed Azharul wants prosecution of those involved in war crimes trials

Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam yesterday demanded the trial of those involved in the “judicial killings” of party leaders executed for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
28 May 2025

Jamaat’s Azharul cleared of crimes against humanity

The Supreme Court yesterday acquitted death row convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of the charges of crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, clearing the way for him to walk out of jail.
27 May 2025

Asif Nazrul hails Jamaat leader Azharul’s acquittal

Law adviser credits July mass movement for opening path to ruling by Supreme Court
27 May 2025

What were the charges against Azharul Islam?

Today the Appellate Division scrapped its earlier judgement that upheld the conviction
27 May 2025

Jamaat stages protest in Gazipur, demands Azharul's release

Protesters marched while chanting slogans calling for Azharul's unconditional release and the return of the party’s registration
18 February 2025

Charges against Azharul, 149 others accepted in case under explosive act

A Dhaka tribunal today took cognisance of charges against ATM Azharul Islam, an assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, and 149 others in a case filed under Explosive Substances Act.
19 October 2020

2 Shibir leaders exonerated from contempt charge

A tribunal in Dhaka exonerates two top Shibir leaders from contempt charge for their joint media statement about a war crimes verdict.
30 June 2015