Bangladesh 2002
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Bangladesh in 2002
- MAY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mofazzal Hossain, a man convicted of murdering two...
Mofazzal Hossain, a man convicted of murdering two close relatives, was executed in a prison in northern Bangladesh after his appeal against the death sentence was turned down by the Supreme Court
- MAY 11, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special tribunal in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A special tribunal in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death for violating a minor girl in an attack that led to her death
- MAY 8, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special tribunal convicted and sentenced 5 persons...
A special tribunal convicted and sentenced 5 persons to death and 7 persons to suffer imprisonment for life with a fine of Tk 5000 each, in default to undergo another one year RI for killing a 16-year-old girl after rape
- MAY 6, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in...
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in absentia for killing two people, from the capital's Gulshan area
- MARCH 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced a young man to death...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced a young man to death by hanging in absentia for violating a girl
- MARCH 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five young men were sentenced to death for raping and...
Five young men were sentenced to death for raping and stabbing to death a young woman in Bangladesh
- MARCH 13, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh, under pressure to clamp down on escalating...
Bangladesh, under pressure to clamp down on escalating violence against women, introduced a law making acid attacks punishable by death
- MARCH 8, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Nearly 50 Bangladeshi women, victims of acid attacks...
Nearly 50 Bangladeshi women, victims of acid attacks by jilted lovers or family foes, led a rally through the streets of Dhaka to mark International Women's Day, openly displaying their scars
- MARCH 7, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
[opposition] Awami League presidium member Abdul Jalil...
[opposition] Awami League presidium member Abdul Jalil urged the pro-independence forces to unite to resist those who were unleashing heinous crimes like killings, repression, rape, atrocities and looting of the people's property across the country
- MARCH 6, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Bangladeshi women took to the streets in...
Hundreds of Bangladeshi women took to the streets in Dhaka in a silent protest against spiralling numbers of sexual attacks, calling for rapists to be punished by death
- FEBRUARY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh gave the death penalty to a man...
A court in Bangladesh gave the death penalty to a man in absentia on a charge of killing his wife
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh, alarmed by the growing use of corrosive...
Bangladesh, alarmed by the growing use of corrosive acid to disfigure and sometimes kill young women, proposed tough new laws that set death as the maximum penalty
- JANUARY 31, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for...
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for killing his wife
- JANUARY 20, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed...
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed Ali and a life term to his accomplice Akramul Hossain on charges of rape and murder
- JANUARY 10, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dinajpur gave the death penalty to a man...
A court in Dinajpur gave the death penalty to a man for throwing acid on a teen-aged girl in Hakimpur upazila, which left the girl blind
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
At least 19 people were sentenced to death for murder...
At least 19 people were sentenced to death for murder in Bangladesh, but no execution was reported in 1999
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh had no extradition treaty with any country...
Bangladesh had no extradition treaty with any country except Thailand
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On February 7, 2000, court officials confirmed that...
On February 7, 2000, court officials confirmed that more than 100 death penalty cases were awaiting confirmation
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In 1997 capital offenses were extended to include...
In 1997 capital offenses were extended to include skyjacking and sabotage
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Under the previous government of the Bangladesh Nationalist...
Under the previous government of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), increasing efforts were made to protect human rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On January 1, 2001, in a landmark judgment, the Bangladesh...
On January 1, 2001, in a landmark judgment, the Bangladesh High Court, comprising Justice Najmun Ara Sultana, the first woman judge in the country's history, declared fatwa as illegal and also ruled that a fatwa given by any unauthorised person must be ma
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
One of the most important capital case is the trial...
One of the most important capital case is the trial of those accused of involvement in Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's assassination that began in March 1997
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
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