Eight of the 10 suspects indicted by the war-crimes tribunal are from Jamaat-e-Islami, an ally of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

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Sayeedi's Jamaat-e-Islami party says the tribunal is biased against it.

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Two other leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami have been sentenced to death by the tribunal.

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Last week, a special tribunal sentenced a former member of Jamaat-e-Islami to death in absentia.

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But the trials are also seen as part of a long and bitter rivalry between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the main opposition leader, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who is allied with the Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, many of whose leaders face charges before the tribunal.

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The recent violence is mainly blamed on the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, whose leaders are facing war crimes at the tribunal.

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Earlier this month the tribunal charged Ghulam Azam, the former leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, with war crimes.

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As some of the cases at the special tribunal into war crimes have reached their final stages, there are concerns that Jamaat-e-Islami may intensify its protest.

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