. >> i'm kath turner in new york. the new york city marathon after two events - hurricane sandy, and the boston marathon. . >>> welcome to al jazeera. a bangladeshy court sentenced to death a leader based in the u.k. al jazeera spoke to chowdhury mueen-uddin, and he denied any involvement in the killings in 1971. he's been sentenced to death in his absence, by a court in the capital dakar, alongside ashrafuz zaman khan, who lives in the u.s. here is what chowdhury mueen-uddin told us in july. >> i was not involved in any criminal activities in "71 or since. i was not supporting military action. i resigned my political post. >> rob reynolds has more from outside the court in dakar. >> the war crimes trials in dakar which have been going on for several months created divisions in bangladesh. you have the ruling party, led by prime minister sheikh hasina. she says, and her supporters say, that this is a long overdue accounting, a reckoning, if you will, and justice meted out for events that occurred 40 years ago, atrocit