Bangladeshi freedom fighters who fought in the 1971 war of indepence with Pakistan hold a banner bearing the images of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury (L) and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid (R), who have been convicted of war crimes, as take part in a protest calling for the death pnealty for those convicted of war crimes outside the Supreme Court in Dhaka on November 2, 2015. Bangladesh's highest court November 2 rejected a plea by a death-row opposition politician that it summons several high-profile witnesses to testify including a former Pakistani premier. The Supreme Court decision has dealt a "big blow" to the hopes of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury to avoid execution he faces for committing atrocities during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence against Pakistan. AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
