Bangladesh 2004
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Bangladesh in 2004
- FEBRUARY 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced two people,...
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced two people, including an Indian national, to death and awarded life imprisonment to two others for murder
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced four...
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death and five to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the murder of Ashraful Haque Mollah, a pro-government student leader
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted eight people, sentencing six of them to death and and two others to life imprisonment for killing th former chairman of Bakhil Union Parisad
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A speedy trial court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A speedy trial court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced six people to death and four to life imprisonment for the murder of police officer Konokuzzaman in the capital
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Fast-track courts in Bangladesh had sentenced some...
Fast-track courts in Bangladesh had sentenced some 100 people to death in two years but not a single hanging was carried out due to delays in the appeals system, a law ministry spokesman said
- JANUARY 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Special Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted 11...
A Special Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted 11 people for murder, sentencing seven of them to death and giving life imprisonment to four others
- JANUARY 25, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A District and Sessions court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh,...
A District and Sessions court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced to death nine people for the murder of Munirul Islam, 30, in 1995
- JANUARY 22, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sunamganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Taleb Uddin...
A court in Sunamganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Taleb Uddin to death by hanging and two others to life imprisonment for murder
- JANUARY 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced Quamruzzaman...
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced Quamruzzaman and Afsar Ali to death and three others to life, two years and six years imprisonment for killing a co-villager
- JANUARY 19, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hanif Hawlader, 27, of Damudarkati village in Uzirpur,...
Hanif Hawlader, 27, of Damudarkati village in Uzirpur, Bangladesh, was sentenced to death by a court in Barisal, Bangladesh, for killing his wife for dowry
- JANUARY 17, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Akhter Hossain, 26, after convicting him of raping and killing eight year old Mina Akhter Monu of Dewli Chowrapara in Bandar in 1997 as she went to the Shitalakhya river to take a bath
- JANUARY 13, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Mohammad Rawshan Ali for killing a minor after raping her at Kabirpur village in the Shailakupa region on October 15, 1999
- JANUARY 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the...
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the death sentence issued by a Dhaka court to Faisal Alam Ansary, a Bangladesh born US citizen, saying his trial had not been fair and impartial
- JANUARY 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Nagar Hossain Bagha, 35, was sentenced to death by...
Nagar Hossain Bagha, 35, was sentenced to death by a court in Barisal, Bangladesh, aftre being found guilty of killing his wife, Solema Begum, 25
- JANUARY 5, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Tofazzal Hossain was sentenced to death by a district...
Tofazzal Hossain was sentenced to death by a district and additional sessions court in Bangladesh for killing his wife on January 31, 1998