Bangladeshi activists who fought in the 1971 war wave a national flag as they gather near Kashimpur Central Jail on the outskirts of Dhaka on September 3, 2016. Bangladesh was set to execute a wealthy tycoon and top financial backer of its largest Islamist party, as his family paid him a final visit. Mir Quasem Ali, a key leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, faces the gallows after being convicted by a controversial war crimes tribunal for offences committed during the 1971 independence conflict with Pakistan. / AFP PHOTO / REHMAN ASADREHMAN ASAD/AFP/Getty Images