No mercy from crowd or court
Crowds throng Supreme Court as it says 'Bangabandhu's killers must hang'. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 18/11/2009.
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Crowds throng Supreme Court as it says 'Bangabandhu's killers must hang'. Dhaka, Bagladesh. 18/11/2009.
The Supreme Court rejected appeals of five men convicted of killing Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a landmark verdict Thursday. The long-awaited judgment has cleared the way for hanging of all 12 former army officers convicted of the 1975 assassination, seven of whom are fugitives.
A five-strong bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Justice Mohammed Tafazzal Islam, set aside the appeals against previous court sentences to hang them for the multiple murders. Other members of the bench are justices Mohammed Abdul Aziz, BK Das, Mohammed Mozammel Hossain and Surendra Kumar Sinha.
The five killers will go to the gallows, unless the president grants them clemency. The five convicts are Syed Faruk Rahman, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan. They, however, can seek to have the verdict reviewed by the Appellate Division.
The guiding figure of independence from Pakistan, Mujib was killed along with 17 others of his family in the bloody military putsch on Aug 15, 1975. As many as 28 people were killed on that day. His daughters, present prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana, escaped death only because they were in England.
A five-strong bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Justice Mohammed Tafazzal Islam, set aside the appeals against previous court sentences to hang them for the multiple murders. Other members of the bench are justices Mohammed Abdul Aziz, BK Das, Mohammed Mozammel Hossain and Surendra Kumar Sinha.
The five killers will go to the gallows, unless the president grants them clemency. The five convicts are Syed Faruk Rahman, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan. They, however, can seek to have the verdict reviewed by the Appellate Division.
The guiding figure of independence from Pakistan, Mujib was killed along with 17 others of his family in the bloody military putsch on Aug 15, 1975. As many as 28 people were killed on that day. His daughters, present prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana, escaped death only because they were in England.
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- id:182537
- date:18 November 2009
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Crowds throng Supreme Court as it says 'Bangabandhu's killers must hang'. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 18/11/2009.
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- id:182537
- date:18 November 2009
- dimensions:10.88 x 8.16 in. (3264 x 2448 px)
- dpi:300dpi
- file size in memory:22.78 MB
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