DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called countrywide hartal for Wednesday and Thursday protesting International Crimes Tribunal’s death penalty to party’s assistant secretary general ATM Azharul Islam.

Party’s acting Ameer Mokbul Ahmed made the hartal declaration on Tuesday noon in reaction to the verdict.

Earlier in the day, ICT-1 awarded death penalty to ATM Azharul Islam for crimes against humanity and other offences during 1971 Liberation War.

A three-member judge panel led by Justice Enayetur Rahim gave the capital punishment at 12:30pm.

BDST: 1313/1429 HRS, DEC 30, 2014