Bangladeshi activists who fought in the 1971 war celebrate after a review petition relating to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami's reprieve petition by The Supreme Court in Dhaka on May 5, 2016. Bangladesh's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of top Islamist party leader Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes, paving the way for his execution within days.Nizami, head of Bangladesh's biggest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, was convicted of murder, rape and orchestrating the killing of intellectuals during the country's 1971 independence struggle. / AFP / STR
{"Image ImageDescription": "Bangladeshi activists who fought in the 1971 war celebrate after a review petition relating to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami's reprieve petition by The Supreme Court in Dhaka on May 5, 2016.\nBangladesh's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of top Islamist party leader Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes, paving the way for his execution within days.Nizami, head of Bangladesh's biggest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, was convicted of murder, rape and orchestrating the killing of intellectuals during the country's 1971 independence struggle.\n / AFP / STR        (Photo credit should read STR/AFP via Getty Images)"}