Bangladesh opposition party leaders arrested ahead of controversial election
Bangladesh authorities on Saturday arrested senior leaders of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) , Moudud Ahmed, MK Anwar and Rafiqul Islam Mia. The arrests were made shortly after BNP announced a new 72-hour strike ,...
UN rights chief concerned over death sentences for Bangladesh mutineers
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay , urged the Bangladesh government on Wednesday not to carry out the death sentences of 152 paramilitary soldiers under reports of due process...
Bangladesh court sentences 152 individuals to death over 2009 mutiny
A Bangladeshi court sentenced 152 former members of a paramilitary border security force, the 13th Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Battalion, to death on Tuesday in connection with their participation in a February 2009 mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...
Bangladesh tribunal sentences 2 men to death for crimes against humanity
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Sunday sentenced two men to death for crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. The court found Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan, both members of...
UN SG urges respect for rule of law in wake of Bangladesh violence
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Thursday for restraint and respect for the rule of law in the wake of violent protests in Bangladesh. The statement echoes a nearly identical one issued in May,...
Bangladeshi authorities should order a retrial of military personnel involved in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny due to alleged violations of international fair trial standards, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a statement released...
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Wednesday indicted Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Zahid Hossain Khokon in absentia on war crimes charges stemming from the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. The...
Bangladesh tribunal finds opposition leader guilty of crimes against humanity
The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICTB) on Wednesday found Abdul Alim, leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the nation's war for independence in 1971 , guilty of crimes against...
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Monday sentenced Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, a member of parliament for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) , to death for war crimes committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War...
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced Abdul Quader Mollah, assistant secretary general of the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) , to death. This overturned a February ruling by the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh...
