BANGLADESH. 24 HANGED IN BANGLADESH IN LAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, OFFICIAL
a total of 24 people have been hanged in Bangladesh during the last four and a half years and 831 more are on death row, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Moudud Ahmed said.
a total of 24 people have been hanged in Bangladesh during the last four and a half years and 831 more are on death row, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Moudud Ahmed said. Ahmed told a news conference that of the 831 criminals on death row, 494 cases had been referred to the High Court as they had been sentenced by lower courts only.
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- (Sources: Xinhua, 23/04/2006)