Don't execute Mujib killers, Amnesty tells DhakaNovember 22nd, 2009 DHAKA - International human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged Bangladesh not to execute five former army officers who have been sentenced to death for the killing of country's founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It said the killing of Sheikh Mujib and his family members Aug 15, 1975 was a grave abuse of human rights and the killers should be brought to justice.
Four Mujib killers to seek president's pardonNovember 22nd, 2009 DHAKA - Four of the five former army officers who were sentenced to death for killing Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will seek the presidential pardon, jail officials announced Sunday. Lt. Col. Syed Farooq Rahman, Maj.
Bangladesh hunts for Mujib killers on the runNovember 20th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh is determined to nab six former army officers linked to the assassination of founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who are believed to be living in foreign countries ranging from Pakistan to the US. The national focus is now on these missing links to the 1975 killing following the denial of appeals against death sentence awarded to five former army officers in prison and these six said to be on the run.
Mujib killers to seek death verdict reviewNovember 19th, 2009 DHAKA - Lawyers for five former Bangladesh Army officers have sought a review of the Supreme court verdict handing them the death sentence for killing the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his family members and political associates 34 years ago. They wrote to the government, utilising a legal provision that allows for appeal within 30 days, soon after a five-judge bench confirmed death sentence awarded by a high court, rejecting their appeal Thursday.
Bangladesh SC upholds death penalties of Mujib's killersNovember 19th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court verdict that confirmed the death sentences of 12 retired and dismissed army men involved in Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination on August 15, 1975. The five-member bench comprising Justice Md.
Hasina seeks 'justice' as Mujib murder verdict awaitedNovember 18th, 2009 DHAKA - "All I want is justice," Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Wednesday as the nation, with security at key establishments beefed up, awaited the verdict in the trial of the killers of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Hasina, the elder daughter of the slain leader who lost all her family members in a military-led coup d'etat on the night of August 14, 1975, is in Rome and photographs showed her wiping her tears as she said she hoped the Supreme Court judgment, due Thursday, would be "fair".
Security tightened as Dhaka awaits Mujib murder verdictNovember 18th, 2009 DHAKA - The Bangladesh government has beefed up security and asked cadres of ruling Awami League not to organise processions as the country awaits the verdict Thursday in the trial of founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's killers. A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to give its ruling Thursday on the appeals filed by five former army officers who were awarded death sentence.
Commute death sentence of Mujib killers, says lawyerOctober 30th, 2009 more images
more imagesDHAKA - Bangladesh's Supreme Court should commute the death sentences of four former army officers convicted for killing the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and allow life imprisonment as their appeals have been pending for several years, a defence counsel has pleaded. Counsel Abdullah Al Mamun Thursday cited judgments of the Supreme Courts of Britain and Jamaica commuting death sentences to life in prison due to delay in appeal hearings.
Mujib's killers seek re-trial by Bangladesh military courtOctober 21st, 2009 DHAKA - Two former Bangladesh army officers, convicted of killing the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman over 34 years ago, have sought re-trial by a military court. The killings of then president who was also referred to as Sheikh Mujib, most of his family members and several political associates Aug 16, 1975 were a revolt by army men, not any conspiracy, a lawyer for Bazlul Huda and A.K.M.
Judge postpones a 4th Ohio inmate's execution as state examines lethal injection protocolsOctober 19th, 2009 Judge postpones another Ohio inmate's executionCINCINNATI — A fourth Ohio inmate has gotten a temporary stay of execution as state officials and defense lawyers continue to examine the state's lethal injection method. A federal judge on Monday indefinitely delayed the scheduled Dec.
Mujib killers were told that Bangladesh to be monarchyOctober 7th, 2009 DHAKA - Mutineers who killed Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 were provoked by an army officer with a 'story' that their country was about to be declared a 'monarchy', which would be subservient to neighbouring India, the Supreme Court has been told. A bench of the apex court, which resumed after many years the murder trial and appeals by some of those convicted and sentenced to death, was told that Lt.
After trouble executing inmate, Ohio court refuses to set delay for next prisoner in lineOctober 1st, 2009 Ohio court: Forge ahead with next inmate executionCOLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court says problems with a recent planned lethal injection aren't enough to delay next week's execution of a different man who strangled his 67-year-old neighbor. The court on Thursday rejected Lawrence Reynolds' request to put off his Oct.
Va. governor says he knows of no reason to stop execution of Washington-area sniper MuhammadSeptember 30th, 2009 Va. gov: No reason to stop sniper executionRICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov.
Lawyers fighting lethal injection seek info from Ohio inmate whose execution was haltedSeptember 17th, 2009 Lawyers want info after failed Ohio executionCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Lawyers challenging Ohio's lethal injection process want to interview a death row inmate whose problem-plagued execution was halted after two hours. Federal public defenders asked U.S.
Washington sniper to be executed Nov 20September 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A US court Wednesday set a Nov 20 execution date for sniper John Allen Muhammad who terrorised suburban Washington in 2002. Muhammad however can still appeal to the US Supreme Court and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine for a stay, the Virginia judge said.
