Bangladesh 2000
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Bangladesh in 2000
- DECEMBER 18, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League demanded the...
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League demanded the quick execution of the death sentences awarded to all the 15 convicts for killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members
- DECEMBER 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Judges Mohammad Ruhul Amin and A
Judges Mohammad Ruhul Amin and A
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A dawn-to-dusk token hunger strike demanding an end...
A dawn-to-dusk token hunger strike demanding an end to selling acid in the open market was observed in Narayanganj by the Jona Kayek-O-Tarun Sangha, a social organisation against the misuse of acid
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Gias Uddin, 20, was condemned to death for killing...
Gias Uddin, 20, was condemned to death for killing his brother Sabur Mia, 27, on July 20, 2000 during an altercation
- NOVEMBER 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Over 200 people, most of them women and children, fell...
Over 200 people, most of them women and children, fell to victim to acid-throwing across the country during the first 10 months of 2000 according to an estimate of the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC)
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional Judge of the District and Session Court,...
The Additional Judge of the District and Session Court, Comilla Khan Md Abdul Mannan, sentenced Dulal, son of late Tajir Mia and Bulbul, son of Karamat Ali to death for the murder of advocate Mahiuddin Sharif on August 17, 1997
- OCTOBER 9, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hatem Ali was sentenced to death in absentia for stabbing...
Hatem Ali was sentenced to death in absentia for stabbing to death, in 1997, a woman who had turned down his proposal of marriage
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Dulal Mia, 35, was sentenced to death by a special...
Dulal Mia, 35, was sentenced to death by a special court that deals with Woman and Child Repression after being found guilty of murdering his wife in 1997
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mahbub Hashem Jewel, 24, a nephew of Capt (retd) Kismat...
Mahbub Hashem Jewel, 24, a nephew of Capt (retd) Kismat Hashem, a fugitive from the death sentence in the Bangabandhu murder Case, was sentenced to death for killing an engineer
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named Alamgir was sentenced to death by the district...
A man named Alamgir was sentenced to death by the district court for raping and then poisoning to death his sister-in-law aged 9 years
- AUGUST 29, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladeshi authorities asked Pakistan to ascertain...
Bangladeshi authorities asked Pakistan to ascertain the whereabouts of two of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- AUGUST 17, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Bangladesh Chhatra League began its fast unto death...
The Bangladesh Chhatra League began its fast unto death program at the Central Shaheed Minar demanding the execution of the verdict in the Bangabandhu murder case
- AUGUST 15, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of people paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Thousands of people paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the 25th anniversary of his death
- AUGUST 1, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra...
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra League formed a 30-minute human chain on the Dhaka-Aricha highway demanding the execution of the killers of Bangabandhu
- JULY 5, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Billal Hossain, 35, was given the death penalty for...
Billal Hossain, 35, was given the death penalty for murdering his wife in 1997
- JULY 5, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two men found guilty of killing a minor were condemned...
Two men found guilty of killing a minor were condemned to death
- JUNE 28, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The death reference of Bangabandhu murder case came...
The death reference of Bangabandhu murder case came up for hearing in the Supreme Court
- JUNE 27, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Radkhantapur man [identified only as] Tazemul was...
A Radkhantapur man [identified only as] Tazemul was given the death penalty for burning his pregnant wife to death
- JUNE 25, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man, Zahid [no first name given] of Nazirhat village...
A man, Zahid [no first name given] of Nazirhat village in Sonandanga upazila, was condemned to death for strangling his wife Rahima and daughter Reshma to death, on September 5, 1997
- JUNE 1, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Shamsul...
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Shamsul Arefin condemned to death Ershad Ali Sikder, a notorious terrorist, for the killing of a murder witness
- MAY 23, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Central Command Council of Bangladesh Muktijoddha...
The Central Command Council of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad organized a rally to demand immediate implementation of the verdict in the Bangabandhu murder case
- MAY 15, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Judge Mohammad Aftabuddin meted out the death sentence...
Judge Mohammad Aftabuddin meted out the death sentence toEnayet Hossain Injufor beating to death Matin Sheikh of Bhattopratim village in Sadar upazila on February 4, 1996
- MAY 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Anwarul Huq...
The District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Anwarul Huq condemned 12 people to death, and four others to rigorous imprisonment for life for the murder of eight people in a dispute over a six decimal piece of land in the Jorakhali village of Matlab thana in 1
- MAY 7, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abul Kashem was sentenced to death by hanging for human...
Abul Kashem was sentenced to death by hanging for human trafficking
- MAY 4, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A High Court Division Bench overturned the death sentence...
A High Court Division Bench overturned the death sentence meted out to Babul Hossain and his mother Sufia Khatun by the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Special Provisions) Court of Chandpur
- MAY 4, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rezaul Jalal, 40, was condemned to death
Rezaul Jalal, 40, was condemned to death
- MAY 3, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Saiful Alam, of Chandrapara village in Barahatta upazila,...
Saiful Alam, of Chandrapara village in Barahatta upazila, was sentenced to death by District and Sessions Judge Ishtiaq Hossain for the murder of a college student, [identified only as] Manik, at the Mohonganj railway station on April 14, 1999
- APRIL 26, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh voted against the resolution on the death...
Bangladesh voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A High Court Division Bench confirmed the death sentence...
A High Court Division Bench confirmed the death sentence imposed on Provat Chandra Haldar for killing his wife Swapna Sarkar for dowry on June 1, 1996, after only four days of marriage
- APRIL 25, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Judges Ruhal Amin and Abdul Matin, two High Court judges...
Judges Ruhal Amin and Abdul Matin, two High Court judges have refused to hear the Bangabandhu controversial case