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BANGLADESH: 2 MEN TO WALK TO GALLOWS FOR DOWRY

in Kushtia, Bangladesh, a Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge sentenced two men to death in absentia for killing their wives for dowry in separate verdicts.

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in Kushtia, Bangladesh, a Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge sentenced two men to death in absentia for killing their wives for dowry in separate verdicts. Alam Malitha, 30, resident of Joyrampur village in Daulatpur upazila, allegedly strangled Hajera on September 14, 2008. Sakim, 32, a resident of Barkhada village in Sadar Upazila, allegedly strangled Banu on August 23, 2000.
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  • (Sources: Financial Express, 30/04/2011)