The Appellate Division on Thursday upheld the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam for crimes against humanity. A four-member Appellate bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, handed down the verdict. Earlier, the Appellate Division…
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5 Gaibandha men given death penalty for war crimes
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday sentenced five war criminals to death for their crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
Saudi Arabia says 5 face death penalty in Khashoggi killing
Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday it will seek the death penalty against five suspects in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a killing that has seen members of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage implicated in the writer’s…