Background
Chowdhury was born on 13 March 1949 in Gahira Village. His father, Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, was a Speaker of Pakistan National Assembly and Acting President of Pakistan from time to time before the independence of Bangladesh.
Chowdhury was born on 13 March 1949 in Gahira Village. His father, Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, was a Speaker of Pakistan National Assembly and Acting President of Pakistan from time to time before the independence of Bangladesh.
Dhaka, Punjab and London Universities.
Despite concerns about the fairness of the proceedings, on 1 October 2013 he was convicted of 9 of 23 charges and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh for crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. He was put to death by hanging in Dhaka on 22 November 2015. He was from a political family of Raozan Upazila, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
He received his education from the boarding school, Sadiq Public School at Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
He was re-elected in 1996, 2001 and finally in 2008. He was arrested 2011 from his house to a "safe house" in Dhanmondi and questioned by the special branch of police, where he was reportedly tortured.
The trial for his involvements in the 1971 Bangladesh genocide were due to begin in August 2011. War crime charges
Among the charges submitted against Chowdhury in the International Crimes Tribunal were:
Killing Kundeshwari Oushadhalaya owner and social worker Nutan Chandra Singha 13 April 1971.
Accompanying Pakistan army in the killing of 32 people, arson, looting and raping.
Complicity in the killing of Satish Chandra Palit on 14 April, burning his house, and the deportation of his family. Satish"s son testified in court against Salahuddin Quader. Trial
During Chowdhury"s trial the prosecution summoned 41 witnesses to testify while four were called in his defense.
Commenting on the trial, the former United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen Rapporteur, said that it was "disturbing" that limitations were placed on defense testimony.
Affidavits stating that Chowdhury was in Pakistan at the time of the crimes were not considered. Defense testimony from a former Prime Minister of Pakistan and a former American Ambassador was not allowed by the court.
Conviction
On 1 October 2013, International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Chowdhury to death by hanging for nine out of the 23 charges brought against him. His party Banque Nationale de Paris argued that the trial is politically motivated.
On 18 November 2015, Bangladesh Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Salahuddin, upholding the death sentence.
According to jail officials, Salahuddin asked for mercy in a petition to the President of Bangladesh, but his appeal was rejected. Law Minister Anisul Huq claimed that Chowdhury and Mojaheed submitted a plea for mercy, which Chowdhury"s family denied. Chowdhury was buried at his village home in Raozan Upazila, Chittagong on 22 November 2015.
Chowdhury was a member of the Bangladesh Parliament. He was a member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Banque Nationale de Paris). Chowdhury served as a member of parliament from Rangunia for seven terms, starting in 1979, and was re-elected in 1986, 1988, and 1991.
On 22 November 2015, 12:45 Department of Administration and Management Chowdhury was executed by hanging at Dhaka Central Jail alongside a former member of Parliament found guilty of atrocities, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.