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A new Birth and Death Registration Act was passed in 2004. The law allowed local government bodies and Bangladesh embassies abroad to register births and deaths. The Office of the Registrar General of Birth and Death was established in September 2013 to establish a permanent central database of birth and death records. [4]
The first person convicted was Abul Kalam Azad, tried in absentia as he had left the country; he was sentenced to death in January 2013. The ICT initially received some offers of international assistance. In 2009, the UN offered its expertise, expressing an interest in helping Bangladesh avoid the problems other countries faced in similar trials.
Abdul Kader Mollah, On 5 February 2013, the ICT sentenced Abdul Kader Mollah, assistant secretary of Jamaat, to life imprisonment, Bangladesh law subsequently amended to appeal verdicts and changed to the death penalty, and he was executed. [3] Mollah was convicted on five of six counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes. [4]
A strong recommendation was made for the abolition of the death penalty. [18] The Bangladesh government in response to this said: "The death penalty is maintained in Bangladesh only as an exemplary punishment for heinous crimes such as throwing of acid, acts of terrorism, planned murder, trafficking of drugs, rape, abduction of women and children.
The news agency said more than 100 people were injured in parts of Bangladesh while police arrested over 540 opposition supporters in Dhaka and in several other districts across the country during ...
The trial of Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal has been held in the old High Court building. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is an ongoing tribunal in Bangladesh that aims to investigate and administer justice regarding the war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and crimes against peace committed by Pakistan army and their local collaborators Razakar, Al-Badr, Al-Shams ...
Bangladesh mourns some 200 deaths as student protests wind down and thousands are arrested By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh observed a day of mourning Tuesday in memory of more than 200 people killed in recent weeks during violence that evolved from student protests over the South Asian country's quota ...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party member of parliament KM Obaidur Rahman described the trial as harassment. [9] Two accused, Taheruddin Thakur and Shah Moazzem Hossain, were out on bail. [9] The Metropolitan Sessions Court found 15 of the 20 accused in the case guilty. [10] Marfot Ali Shah, Moslemuddin, and Abdul Hashem Mridha were sentenced to ...