Death Penalty Should be Suspended Indefinitely; Trial Seriously Flawed NOVEMBER 9, 2014 Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned at news that the government has ordered the authorities at Dhaka Central jail to make preparations for the execution of Kamaruzzamn. Kamaruzzaman was transferred to Dhaka Central Jail following the appeals verdict, a signal that his execution …
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Nov 09
ICJ denounces spate of death sentences in Bangladesh
November 3, 2014 The ICJ deplores that in less than a week, Bangladesh courts ordered the death penalty in three cases. All three condemned men are leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamist party and an ally of the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party. On 3 November 2014, the Appellate Division of the …
Nov 08
UN rights experts urge Bangladesh to halt the execution of opposition party leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman
GENEVA (6 November 2014) Two United Nations human rights experts today urged the Government of Bangladesh to stay the execution of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, leader of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, condemned to death for crimes against humanity. The UN Special Rapporteurs on summary executions, Christof Heyns, and on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, …
Oct 28
28 October, 2006: A case study of the violent politics of the Awami League
Background At the end of BNP-Jamaat-led alliance government’s tenure (2001-2006), the 13th Amendment to the Bangladesh Constitution required the president to offer the position of the Chief Adviser to the immediate past Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who was to be Justice K.M. Hasan, soon after the tenure of the government expires on October …
Oct 26
Huge anti #GhulamAzam presence at Professor Ghulam Azam’s funeral
I was walking at full speed towards Baitul Mokarram at about 12:48 pm to attend the janaza of Professor Ghulam Azam when this huge anti Ghulam Ghulam Azam presence beside the police box situated at Paltan junction beside the Secretariat really freaked me out. I was well, erm… expecting more of them……. embarrasing The whole …
Oct 25
Professor Ghulam Azam death in jail mourned by Sheikh Yusuf Al Qaradawi, leads janazah in absentia in Qatar
International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) President Sheikh Professor Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi and Secretary General Sheikh Professor Dr. Ali al-Qaradaghi have expressed deep condolence on the demise of Professor Ghulam Azam. On October 24, 2014 Friday, the IUMS top leaders and renowned Muslim scholars of the contemporary world organized janazah prayer in absentia for departed …
Oct 02
The Fall of Bangladesh minister Latif Siddiqui: My thoughts
Abdul Latif Siddiqui, Post and Telecommunications minister from January 12, 2014, was relieved from his post, or more appropriately fired, both from the cabinet and as presidium member of the Awami League, as per an announcement from Sheikh Hasina, current prime minister of Bangladesh and party chief of Awami League. This is in lieu of …
Sep 24
Charges framed against 24 Female Islamic activists: Why You Should be Alarmed
A Dhaka court on the 16th of September framed charges against 24 female activists of Islami Chhatri Sangstha. They were arrested earlier at a raid on a house beside Shantipur Masjid in South Goran by Khilgaon thana police in Dhaka on 18th June, 2014. Magistrate Md Ataul Haque of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court …
Sep 23
Chatroleague attacks BUET student, sends him to jail for facebook post on Islamic greeting
A meritorious student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) was beaten by Chhatra League cadres, simply on the suspicion of being associated with Islamic student organization Bangladesh Islami Chatra Shibir (BICS). The same student was then handed over to Shahbag thana police, who arrested him and sent him to court under a case …
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