Bangladesh 2022
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News on Bangladesh in 2022
DECEMBER 2, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH-ROW CONVICT HANGED AT KASHIMPUR JAIL
A death-row convict was hanged on 30 November 2022 at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in a case filed for the murder of freedom fighter Gias Uddin in Narayanganj.
DECEMBER 1, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CONDEMNED CONVICT EXECUTED IN RAJSHAHI JAIL
A condemned convicted was executed in Rajshahi Central jail on 30 November 2022 night, official sources said.
NOVEMBER 22, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO MILITANTS CONVICTED TO DEATH IN DIPAN MURDER CASE FLEE DHAKA COURT LOCK-UP
Two members of the banned militant group Ansar al-Islam, who were sentenced to death in Jagriti Publications publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder case, escaped from the lock-up of Dhaka court on November 20, 2022.
NOVEMBER 17, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CUMILLA FOR 2018 RAPE FOLLOWED BY MURDER
A tribunal in Cumilla on 8 November 2022 sentenced two men to death for killing a 10-year-old girl after rape in Monohargonj upazila in 2018.
NOVEMBER 16, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DRUGS CASE IN GOPALGANJ
A Gopalganj court on 13 November 2022 has given death sentence to four people in a drugs scase.
OCTOBER 27, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MADARIPUR MURDER CASE
A court in Madaripur on 19 October 2022 sentenced three people to death and six others to life imprisonment for killing a trader at Sadar upazila in the district in 2003.
- OCTOBER 25, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 10 GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING THREE CATTLE TRADERS IN BANDARBAN
A court in Bangladesh sentenced 10 defendants to death on October 24, 2022 in the case of the murders of three cattle traders among four people on the Alikadam-Thanchi route in the Bandarban hill district.
OCTOBER 20, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: GIRL STRANGLED TO DEATH AFTER RAPE, FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Bangladesh on 18 October 2022 sentenced four people to death in the case of strangulation of a girl after rape in Narayanganj. Meanwhile, one person has been sentenced to life and one person has been acquitted.
OCTOBER 10, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7 MEN GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING A MYMENSINGH AL LEADER
A Dhaka court on 10 October 2022 issued the death penalty to seven persons, including a union parishad chairman, for killing a local Awami League leader in Mymensingh’s Gauripur upazila in 2020.
OCTOBER 4, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A NARAYANGANJ FACTORY WORKER OVER TK 500
A court has sentenced a man to death and two others to life in prison for the murder of Mizan Sikdar Mishor, a worker at a dyeing factory at the Narayanganj Port.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES TRIBUNAL SENTENCES KHALILUR TO DEATH
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on September 13, 2022 sentenced Mohammad Khalilur Rahman from Durgapur Upazilla of Netrakona to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 2-YR-OLD AFTER ABDUCTION IN SIRAJGANJ
A Sirajganj court on September 27, 2022 sentenced a man to death in a case filed for killing a two-year-old boy after an abduction.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 4 MILITANTS IN JAPANESE NATIONAL KUNIO HOSHI'S MUDER
The High Court has affirmed the death sentences for four militants of the outlawed Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, or JMB, for the murder of a Japanese national in Rangpur in 2015.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE GET DEATH FOR MURDER IN BRAHMANBARIA
A Brahmanbaria court on 12 September 2022 sentenced three people to death and jailed another for life over the murder of Sharif Khan, a native of Akhaura's Chanpur village, in 2015.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 MURDER IN CHANDPUR
Four men were sentenced to death on 23 August 2022 for the murder of a woman in Chandpur’s Matlab South Upazila in 2013.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING TEENAGER IN KHULNA
A Khulna tribunal on 7 September 2022 sentenced five persons to death in addition to fining Tk20,000 to each for raping a teenage girl in Khalishpur of the district in 2011.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 JMB MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHATTOGRAM
A Chattogram court on 17 August 2022 sentenced five Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants to death in a case filed for bombings at two mosques inside Bangladesh Navy’s Issa Khan Base in Chattogram in 2015.
- AUGUST 4, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SIX MEMBERS OF 'RAZAKAR BAHINI' SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY DURING THE 1971 LIBERATION WAR
Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on 28 July 2022 sentenced six members of the paramilitary force 'Razakar Bahini' to death for collaborating with the Pakistani Army for "crimes against humanity" during the 1971 Liberation War.
JULY 18, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE TO DIE FOR RAPING DAUGHTER BEFORE MOTHER IN FENI
A court in Feni on 14 July 2022 sentenced three people to death for raping a daughter in front of her mother at Sonagazi back in 2003.
JULY 5, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ROHINGYA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Earlier this month, a lower court in the district of Cox’s Bazar sentenced a 28-year-old Rohingya refugee to death for the possession and smuggling of methamphetamine tablets.
- JUNE 26, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 6 JMB MEMBERS GET DEATH FOR KILLING FF
A Kurigram District and Sessions Judge Court on 23 June 2022 sentenced six members of banned extremist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh to death in a case filed over the murder of a freedom fighter.
- JUNE 8, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER IN NARAYANGANJ
A Narayanganj tribunal on 6 June 2022 sentenced six people to death for killing a couple in 2009.
MAY 23, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 1971 WAR CRIMES IN MOULVIBAZAR
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced three people to death for murder, rape and other crimes against humanity in Moulvibazar’s Barlekha during the 1971 Liberation War, bdnews24 reported on 19 May 2022.
MAY 18, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TODDLER IN CHITTAGONG
A Chittagong court on 18 May 2022 sentenced three people to death for killing a two-year-old boy in 2020.
APRIL 13, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HUMAYUN AZAD MURDER CASE
A Dhaka court has sentenced four to death in the murder of Humayun Azad, the first known victim of a series of attacks by suspected militants in Bangladesh.
- APRIL 11, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER IN RAJSHAHI
A court in Bangladesh on 10 April 2022 handed down the death penalty to four people for the murder of a sweets shop assistant in Rajshahi's Tanore Upazila last year.
APRIL 3, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 0.5 KG OF HEROIN
A court in Bangladesh on 31 March 2022 sentenced a woman caught with a 0.5 kg of heroin in Gaibandha in 2018 to death in a narcotics case.
MARCH 31, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING BLOGGER ANANTA BIJOY
Four persons on 30 March 2022 were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy Das of Sylhet in May 2015.
MARCH 29, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CABINET APPROVES DRAFT OF ANSAR BATTALION ACT 2022 WITH PROVISION OF DEATH PENALTY
The Cabinet on 28 March 2022 approved the draft of 'Ansar Battalion Act, 2022' keeping death penalty as the maximum punishment for serious offences like attempt to revolt, participation or provocation in such conspiracy.
- MARCH 24, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: EX-MP ABDUL KHALEQ MANDAL, KHAN ROKNUZZAMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on 24 March 2022 sentenced Satkhira district Jamaat Amir and former MP Abdul Khaleq Mandal alias Jallad Khaleq and Khan Roknuzzaman, who is absconding, to death in a case of crimes against humanity.