Bangladesh court upholds death sentence of 20 students in 2019 murder case
- A High Court in Bangladesh upheld the death sentences of 20 men involved in the murder of Abrar Fahad in 2019, who criticized the government on social media.
- Abrar Fahad was killed by a group of 25 students affiliated with the Bangladesh Chhatra League.
- The case resulted in nationwide protests, leading to a pledge from former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for severe punishment against the offenders.
- Some lawyers intend to appeal the verdict, and Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman confirmed due legal process will follow.
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Bangladesh HC upholds 20 students' death penalty for lynching university mate
DHAKA, Mar 16: The High Court on Sunday upheld a trial court verdict handing down the death penalty to 20 students of an elite university here for beating to death a fellow second-year student over his alleged political affiliation in 2019. Court officials said the two-judge bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain pronounced the verdict simultaneously wrapping up the hearing on the mandatory death reference and convict…
Bangladesh High Court upholds death penalty for 20 BUET students in 2019 lynching case
All the convicts, students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), belonged to the now disbanded Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League.
Executions by hanging are common in the country, where hundreds of people wait on death row
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