Celebrations broke out outside of the High Court on Thursday afternoon as the Supreme Court rejected the appeals of five men convicted of killing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In delivering the landmark verdict, Justice Islam said the prosecution had proved without a doubt the allegations against the five accused, and that that all five will face the death penalty unless granted clemency by the president. The five convicts are Syed Faruk Rahman, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan. The long-awaited judgment has cleared the way for hanging of all 12 former army officers convicted of the 1975 assassination, seven of whom are fugitives. Dhaka, Bangladesh. November 19, 2009.