Dhaka, May 27 -- Leaders of left-leaning student organisations at the Dhaka University have staged a protest in response to the Appellate Division's acquittal of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, who was a deathrow convict in a war crimes case.

The protest march began on Tuesday around 5pm from Madhu's Canteen on the campus and concluded with a rally at the base of the Raju Memorial Sculpture.

Speaking at the rally, Shimul Kumbhakar, general secretary of the Dhaka University unit of the Bangladesh Students' Union, said: "Ten months after the mass uprising, we now see that a convicted Al-Badr commander from 1971 has been acquitted. This government has betrayed us. Under this administration, we are witnessing mob justice, releasin...