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Bangladesh war crimes tribunal sentences Jamaat-e-Islami leader to death

February 28, 2013 11:55:18 AM

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Thursday sentenced to death Jamaat-e-Islami party (JI) leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedee . Following the death sentence, violence between police and...

February 17, 2013 10:18:38 AM

The Bangladesh parliament on Sunday approved amendments to the country's war crimes laws to allow prosecutors to appeal sentences given to defendants convicted of war crimes. These amendments are a response to protests that ensued...

February 15, 2013 10:11:48 AM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized Bangladesh on Thursday for offering retroactive amendments that change war crime laws to allow plaintiffs to appeal verdicts delivered by the nation's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) . The...

February 12, 2013 12:11:19 PM

Bangladesh's cabinet on Monday approved changes to war crime laws to allow plaintiffs to appeal verdicts delivered by Bangladesh's crimes tribunal. The amendment permits appeals against "inadequate sentence" in war crimes cases. According to Cabinet Secretary Musharraf...

February 10, 2013 04:10:22 PM

The Bangladesh Law Minister Shafique Ahmed on Sunday said that a proposal to amend its war crimes laws to allow the government to appeal for higher sentences will be placed before the cabinet on Monday. This amendment would...

February 7, 2013 02:26:28 PM

Two UN human rights experts on Thursday expressed concern over the death sentence imposed by the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICBT) on Abdul Kalam Azad for crimes during the 1971...

February 5, 2013 10:45:45 AM

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Tuesday handed down its second verdict, sentencing Abdul Quader Mollah, leader of the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) , to life in prison. This sentence...

July 26, 2010 11:03:37 AM

Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) announced Sunday that it had issued four arrest warrants for the leaders of the Islamist group Jamaat e Islami (JI) for crimes committed during 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War . The ICT was established...

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Bill of Rights sent to the states for ratification

On September 25, 1789, the United States Congress sent twelve proposed constitutional amendments to the state legislatures for ratification. Ten of these were adopted in 1791 and became known as the Bill of Rights.

A proposed amendment on Congressional representation was never ratified, and another on Congressional pay was not ratified until 1992 when it became the 27th Amendment.

Peace of Augsburg allows princes in the Holy Roman Empire to chose their state's relgion

On September 25, 1555, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V signed the Peace of Augsburg, allowing princes within the Empire to chose whether their lands would be Catholic or Protestant. People living in a given principality were then permitted to move to a different region within the Empire if their faith differed from the one chosen by the prince their home state.

Bill of Rights sent to the states for ratification

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