Bangladeshi authorities must put an end to extrajudicial executions by government authorities, Amnesty International (AI) urged on Wednesday. In a report entitled "Crimes Unseen: Extrajudicial Executions in Bangladesh" , AI alleges that the Rapid...
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Bangladesh ex-PM and opposition leader charged with corruption
Former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia and her son, Tarique Rahman , were charged with corruption Monday over alleged inappropriate donations. The Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) brought the charges ...
Bangladesh prosecutors charge Islamic leader with war crimes
Bangladesh prosecutors on Tuesday filed war crime charges in the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) against Delwar Hossain Sayedee for genocide, murder and rape allegedly committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War . Sayedee is a...
HRW urges further amendments to Bangladesh international crimes tribunal
Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent a letter to the Bangladesh government Thursday praising its International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to prosecute those responsible for atrocities committed during the 1971 struggle for independence, but urged the...
A special Bangladeshi military court sentenced 14 members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) border guard Monday for their roles in a February 2009 mutiny in the northeastern district of Sunamganj. The tribunal,...
The Bangladeshi Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a constitutional amendment that had allowed religious parties to participate in politics. The court, upholding a lower court decision, held that the Fifth Amendment to the Bangladeshi Constitution...
A Russian court on Wednesday made public a ruling banning access to five websites, including the video-sharing network Youtube , for what it calls extremist elements. A court in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur obliged the local Internet provider Rosnet...
Bangladesh war crimes tribunal issues arrest warrants for Islamist leaders
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...
A Bangladesh High Court has dismissed the last of 15 corruption cases against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina , her lawyer said Monday. The court held that Hasina had not committed a criminal offense when she used...
Bangladesh court convicts dozens more over border guard mutiny
A Bangladeshi special court in the district of Sathkhira on Monday sentenced 56 members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on charges relating to their involvement in last year's border guard mutiny that...