The 2013 Shahbag protests, associated with the Shahbag neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh, began on February 5, 2013, and later spread to other parts of Bangladesh. The protesters initially demanded capital punishment for Abdul Quader Mollah and all others charged by the International Crimes Tribunal of committing genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the 1971 Bangladeshi Liberation War under the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973. Later the demands widened to de-recognition of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, which is led by people convicted for genocide and war crimes, and to a boycott of institutions supporting or affiliated to Jamaat-e-Islami.
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