A special court in Bangladesh set up to try war crimes suspects from the country's 1971 battle for independence has delayed the start of its first trial.<br /><br />The prosecution was due to make an opening statement on Sunday against Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a leader of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party who is charged with 20 counts of crimes against humanity and genocide.<br /><br />Sayedee denies the charges, which includes mass murder, rape, looting, arson, and forcing Hindus to convert to Islam.<br /><br />Stephen Kay, an international criminal lawyer told Al Jazeera the tribunals are unfair.
