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2 Men Sentenced To Death for 2005 Train Blast That Killed 14
A sessions court on Wednesday sentenced two men to death , including one from Bangladesh, for carrying out the Shramjivi Express train blast in 2005 that left at least 14 people dead and 62 injured.
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4 Sentenced To Hang In Bangladesh Over Celebrated Writer's Murder
A Bangladesh court sentenced four extremists to hang Wednesday for their fatal machete attack on a celebrated writer, in a case that took nearly two decades to reach a verdict.
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Rape Is "Monstrous", But Death Penalty Not The Answer: UN Rights Chief
Sentencing rapists to death, as Bangladesh did Thursday, is not an appropriate punishment even for such a heinous crime, the UN rights chief said.
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Bangladesh To Execute Rapists After Protests
Bangladesh introduced the death penalty for rape on Monday after days of protests sparked by a string of sexual assaults, the government said.
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5 Men Sentenced To Death In Bangladesh For 1971 War Crimes
Five hardline Islamists were sentenced to death today by a special Bangladeshi tribunal for committing crimes against humanity and siding with the Pakistani troops in carrying out the genocide during the Liberation War in 1971.
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Serial Killer Sentenced To Death By Bangladesh Court
A serial killer sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court Wednesday for torturing and murdering a woman may have claimed at least seven other victims, authorities said.
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10 Get Death Penalty Over Plot To Assassinate Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
A tribunal here in Bangladesh on Sunday awarded death penalty to 10 people for planting a bomb in 2000 to assassinate then opposition leader and now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Stop Interfering In Our Internal Matters: Bangladesh Tells Pakistan
Bangladesh today asked Pakistan to refrain from interfering in its internal affairs, two days after it expressed "deep concern" over the death penalty given to fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami chief for the war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan.
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Bangladesh Set To Execute Top Jamaat Leader For War Crimes
Bangladesh is set to hang fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.
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Bangladesh Upholds Death Penalty For Jamaat Leader For 1971 War Crimes
Bangladesh's Supreme Court upheld on Tuesday the death sentence imposed on leading opposition politician Mir Quasem Ali for crimes including murder and torture committed during the country's 1971 war of independence.
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Bangladesh Upholds Death Sentence For Top Islamist Leader
Bangladesh's highest court today upheld the death sentence for the leader of the country's largest Islamist party for crimes during its 1971 independence struggle, paving the way for his execution within months.
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Bangladeshis Demands Killers Hang Over Boy's Lynching
Protestors took to the streets across Bangladesh Tuesday to demand the death penalty for the killers of a 13-year-old boy as anger mounted over the sickening lynching which was captured on video and then went viral.
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Bangladesh Islamist Leader Faces Death Penalty for Alleged War Crimes
Bangladesh's war crimes court is set to deliver a verdict Tuesday against the leader of the country's largest Islamist party, who could face the death penalty for his alleged crimes during the 1971 independence struggle.
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Bangladesh top court upholds death sentence of Islamist leader
Bangladesh's highest court upheld the death penalty for a top Islamist leader convicted of war crimes.
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Bangladesh collapsed building owner's property to be seized
A top Bangladesh court on Tuesday ordered the government to "immediately" confiscate the property of a collapsed building's owner, as thousands of protesters demanding death penalty for the man clashed with police, leaving 100 people injured.
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2 Men Sentenced To Death for 2005 Train Blast That Killed 14
A sessions court on Wednesday sentenced two men to death , including one from Bangladesh, for carrying out the Shramjivi Express train blast in 2005 that left at least 14 people dead and 62 injured.
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4 Sentenced To Hang In Bangladesh Over Celebrated Writer's Murder
A Bangladesh court sentenced four extremists to hang Wednesday for their fatal machete attack on a celebrated writer, in a case that took nearly two decades to reach a verdict.
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Rape Is "Monstrous", But Death Penalty Not The Answer: UN Rights Chief
Sentencing rapists to death, as Bangladesh did Thursday, is not an appropriate punishment even for such a heinous crime, the UN rights chief said.
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Bangladesh To Execute Rapists After Protests
Bangladesh introduced the death penalty for rape on Monday after days of protests sparked by a string of sexual assaults, the government said.
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5 Men Sentenced To Death In Bangladesh For 1971 War Crimes
Five hardline Islamists were sentenced to death today by a special Bangladeshi tribunal for committing crimes against humanity and siding with the Pakistani troops in carrying out the genocide during the Liberation War in 1971.
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Serial Killer Sentenced To Death By Bangladesh Court
A serial killer sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court Wednesday for torturing and murdering a woman may have claimed at least seven other victims, authorities said.
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10 Get Death Penalty Over Plot To Assassinate Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
A tribunal here in Bangladesh on Sunday awarded death penalty to 10 people for planting a bomb in 2000 to assassinate then opposition leader and now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Stop Interfering In Our Internal Matters: Bangladesh Tells Pakistan
Bangladesh today asked Pakistan to refrain from interfering in its internal affairs, two days after it expressed "deep concern" over the death penalty given to fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami chief for the war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan.
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Bangladesh Set To Execute Top Jamaat Leader For War Crimes
Bangladesh is set to hang fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.
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Bangladesh Upholds Death Penalty For Jamaat Leader For 1971 War Crimes
Bangladesh's Supreme Court upheld on Tuesday the death sentence imposed on leading opposition politician Mir Quasem Ali for crimes including murder and torture committed during the country's 1971 war of independence.
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Bangladesh Upholds Death Sentence For Top Islamist Leader
Bangladesh's highest court today upheld the death sentence for the leader of the country's largest Islamist party for crimes during its 1971 independence struggle, paving the way for his execution within months.
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Bangladeshis Demands Killers Hang Over Boy's Lynching
Protestors took to the streets across Bangladesh Tuesday to demand the death penalty for the killers of a 13-year-old boy as anger mounted over the sickening lynching which was captured on video and then went viral.
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Bangladesh Islamist Leader Faces Death Penalty for Alleged War Crimes
Bangladesh's war crimes court is set to deliver a verdict Tuesday against the leader of the country's largest Islamist party, who could face the death penalty for his alleged crimes during the 1971 independence struggle.
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Bangladesh top court upholds death sentence of Islamist leader
Bangladesh's highest court upheld the death penalty for a top Islamist leader convicted of war crimes.
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Bangladesh collapsed building owner's property to be seized
A top Bangladesh court on Tuesday ordered the government to "immediately" confiscate the property of a collapsed building's owner, as thousands of protesters demanding death penalty for the man clashed with police, leaving 100 people injured.
