Bangladesh ex
Khaleda Zia
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh opposition leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia will appeal against a five-year jail term for corruption handed down by a court on Thursday as thousands of supporters took to the streets of the capital to protest her innocence.
“We didn’t get justice. We’ll go to the higher court ” Khandker Mahbub Hossain  the leader of  Khaleda ’s legal team  told reporters.
 Khaleda ’s son  Tarique Rahman  and four others were jailed for 10 years at the end of a case that lasted nearly 10 years.
Khaleda and  her  Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) say the charges are part of a plot to keep  her  and  her  family out of politics. Party leaders said more than 3 500 supporters have been detained over the past few days.
The renewed tension between them raises the specter of a long  destabilizing spell of unrest for Bangladesh and its economy.  Khaleda  is due to run in parliamentary polls set for December and can still do so if an appeal is pending.
 Her  party announced a plan for protests on Friday against what  it  called a “biased and compromised” ruling.
 Khaleda ’s conviction “proves that Bangladesh has the rule of law and that no one is above the law ” Law Minister Anisul Huq told reporters after the ruling.
“ She  can challenge the ruling in the High Court after getting a certified copy of the verdict ” he added. “ She  can also seek bail.”
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh opposition leader and former prime minister [TGT] will appeal against a five-year jail term for corruption handed down by a court on Thursday as thousands of supporters took to the streets of the capital to protest her innocence.
“We didn’t get justice. We’ll go to the higher court ” Khandker Mahbub Hossain  the leader of  Khaleda ’s legal team  told reporters.
 Khaleda ’s son  Tarique Rahman  and four others were jailed for 10 years at the end of a case that lasted nearly 10 years.
Khaleda and  her  Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) say the charges are part of a plot to keep  her  and  her  family out of politics. Party leaders said more than 3 500 supporters have been detained over the past few days.
The renewed tension between them raises the specter of a long  destabilizing spell of unrest for Bangladesh and its economy.  Khaleda  is due to run in parliamentary polls set for December and can still do so if an appeal is pending.
 Her  party announced a plan for protests on Friday against what  it  called a “biased and compromised” ruling.
 Khaleda ’s conviction “proves that Bangladesh has the rule of law and that no one is above the law ” Law Minister Anisul Huq told reporters after the ruling.
“ She  can challenge the ruling in the High Court after getting a certified copy of the verdict ” he added. “ She  can also seek bail.”