BANGLADESH: SC GRANTS LEAVE-TO-APPEAL AGAINST THE HC VERDICT

the Supreme Court in Bangladesh granted five prisoners leave-to-appeal against their death sentences. Tasnim Rahman Shazneen 15, was raped and murdered on April 23, 1998, during a crowded party hosted by her father. On July 10, 2006, the High Court acquitted Shaniram Mondal, a carpenter, and affirmed the death sentences against five others, including two women. They are Shahidul Islam, alias Shahid, a domestic help, Syed Sajjad Mainuddin Hasan, alias Azad, a contractor, Badal, the contractor's assistant, and maids Estema Khatun Minu and Parvin.