Bangladesh 2009
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Bangladesh in 2009
- DECEMBER 31, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH FOR KILLING GIRL
in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Judge Rezaul Islam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 sentenced Mohammad Manik to death for murder.
- DECEMBER 15, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DRAFT BORDER GUARD LAW SUGGESTS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a draft law for the border security force containing provisions for the death sentence as the maximum punishment was submitted to the Bangladeshi Law Ministry.
- DECEMBER 7, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO DIE FOR MURDER
Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahbubul Alam sentenced Abu Taher...
- DECEMBER 3, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI MAN FACES RARE EXECUTION
Amnesty International appealed to the King of Bahrain to stop the execution of a Bangladeshi man.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SHERPUR
a court in Sherpur, Bangladesh, sentenced Sultan Ahmed, 35...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SEVEN GET DEATH SENTENCE
seven people were awarded the death sentence by Additional District and Session Judge AKM Abul Kasnem for murderg a college student from Chandanpur village in Monohardi upazila, Bangladesh
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING N'GANJ BUSINESSMAN
a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN BHOLA
at a court in Bhola, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahabub-Ul-Alam sentenced Abu Taher, 35, to death in absentia.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: AI URGES BANGLADESH TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES
Amnesty International (AI) urged Bangladesh not to execute five former army officers sentenced to death for the assassination of Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN JESSORE
in Jessore, Bangladesh, District Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Shamsur Rahman sentenced Ismail Hossain, 40, of Agrobhulot village in Sharsha upazila to death.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCES FOR 1975 KILLING OF BANGLADESHI LEADER
the Bangladeshi Supreme Court rejected final appeals by five former soldiers sentenced to death in the 1975 killing of the country’s independence leader in a military coup
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BARGUNA, KUSHTIA
two people in Bangladesh were sentenced to death by separate courts.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: MAN LOSES A THIRD APPEAL
Bahrain's Cassation Court upheld the death penalty against Bangladeshi national Jassim Abdulmanan
- NOVEMBER 12, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO DIE FOR MURDER
three cadres of the outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party were sentenced to death in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, for killing farmer Firoz Malitha in 1998.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS IN KISHOREGANJ MURDER CASE
at a court in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, Additional Sessions Judge Tabassum Islam sentenced M Islamuddin, 30, of Charparatala village in Pakundia upazila, to death in absentia
- NOVEMBER 8, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HUSBAND, SISTER-IN-LAW TO DIE FOR MURDER
a husband and sister-in-law were sentenced to death by a court in Rajshahi, Bangaldesh, for poisoning Shulekha Khatun from Chuniapara village under Durgapur upazila of the district on February 28, 2004.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GOES TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE IN SHERPUR
at a court in Sherpur, Bangladesh, District Additional and Sessions Judge Ratneshwar Bhattacharya convicted a man and sentenced him to death in absentia for killing his wife for dowry.
OCTOBER 14, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING CHILD IN MIRPUR
five people in Bangladesh were sentenced to death for killing a child in the Mirpur area
- OCTOBER 8, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: COURT SENTENCED HUSBAND TO DEATH
the Special Court of Woman and Children Repression Prevention in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, sentenced Montu Rahman, from Putimari village in Kishorganj upazila, to death. On April 18, 2007, during an argument Montu and a friend suffocated his wife, Jahanara
- OCTOBER 5, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
in Bangladesh, the trial for the 1975 assassination of the country’s...
in Bangladesh, the trial for the 1975 assassination of the country’s...
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HILLS DISTRICT COURT GIVES FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
a Bandarban court in Bangladesh sentenced Chittagong Hill Tracts resident Belal Hossain, 25, to death for murdering his wife.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MOTHER’S SUITOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SON IN NARSINGDI
in Narsingdi, Bangladesh, Additional District Judge Abul Kashem sentenced a man to death for killing his lover’s son.
AUGUST 26, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN DINAJPUR
in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge M Shamsul Huda
- AUGUST 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: BANGABANDHU MURDER CASE APPEAL TO BEGIN OCT 5
the hearing on the long-pending appeals of five former army officers sentenced to death in the August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu murder case will begin at the Bangladesh Supreme Court on October 5.
- AUGUST 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE IN MAGURA
a court in Magura, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death and 10 others to life term imprisonment in a murder case.
- AUGUST 23, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR ACID THROWING IN SIRAJGANJ
at a tribunal in Sirajganj, Bangladesh, Special Tribunal Judge Biplob Goswami convicted a man and
- AUGUST 13, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HUSBAND GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN NILPHAMARI
a husband was sentenced to death and fined Taka 5,000 for killing his wife over a dowry in the Nilphamari district of Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 7, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: BANGLADESHI NATIONAL EXECUTED IN RIYADH
Muneer Ahmed Hussein Shah, a Bangladeshi national residing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was executed for murder. A statement by the Saudi Interior Ministry said Shah pleaded guilty to raping a woman, trying to suffocate her and setting her on fire.
- JULY 30, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR MURDER IN MAGURA
a court in Magura, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife for dowry on February 8, 2006.
- JULY 29, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
five men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for raping and murdering a woman.