Executions in Bangladesh

DHAKA, BANGLADESH - NOVEMBER 22: People gather as they wait the Ambulances, carrying dead bodies of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed, in front of he jail in Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 22, 2015. BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami secretary General Ali Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, have been executed at the same time for their crimes committed against humanity in 1971, says jail official. They were executed by hanging at 12:55am Sunday at Dhaka Central Jail, said Inspector General of Prison Syed Iftekhar Uddin. Both of them were handed down death penalty for their crimes committed during the Independence war in 1971. (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)