Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Hasanul Haq Inu, president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSaD), has appealed against his 10-year prison sentence in a crimes against humanity case stemming from the July Uprising, seeking his acquittal and to have the verdict overturned.

The appeal was filed with the relevant branch of the Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon, his lawyer Sifat Mahmud Shuvo told bdnews24.com.

"After consulting Inu's family, we filed the appeal yesterday afternoon seeking his acquittal," he said.

On Oct 5, the prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal appealed against the verdict as well, pleading for Inu's sentence to be raised from 10 years in prison to the death penalty.

State prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim said at the time that t...