Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 19, 2006 18:02:12 GMT -5
BANGLADESH:
Death sentences on B'desh terror convicts confirmed
7 Bangladeshi Islamist militants convicted for the bombing attack that
killed two judges last year moved closer to the gallows with the high
court confirming the death sentences against them.
The death sentence had been imposed on the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh
(JMB) militants by a lower court and was referred to the high court.
The sentence, confirmed by a high court bench on Monday, would be carried
out unless the convicts appeal against it to the Supreme Court within 30
days.
Senior assistant judges Jagannath Pandey and Sohel Ahmed were killed in a
bomb attack in Jhalakathi town on Nov 14 last year.
Those convicted are the top leaders of banned JMB - an organisation
reportedly having links with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda - including its
chief Sheikh Abdur Rahman and his top aide Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla
Bhai.
On May 29, additional district and sessions Judge of Jhalakathi, Reza
Tarik Ahmed, ordered the 7 JMB men to be hanged until death. He acquitted
one in the sensational Jhalakathi judges killing case.
The other convicts are JMB's Majlish-e-Shura, the top decision-making
body, members Ataur Rahman Sunny, Abdul Awal and Faruk Hossain Khan [also
known as Khaled Saifullah], suicide bomber Iftekhar Hasan Al Mamun and
Asadul Islam Arif, who is absconding.
(source: Hindustan Times)
Death sentences on B'desh terror convicts confirmed
7 Bangladeshi Islamist militants convicted for the bombing attack that
killed two judges last year moved closer to the gallows with the high
court confirming the death sentences against them.
The death sentence had been imposed on the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh
(JMB) militants by a lower court and was referred to the high court.
The sentence, confirmed by a high court bench on Monday, would be carried
out unless the convicts appeal against it to the Supreme Court within 30
days.
Senior assistant judges Jagannath Pandey and Sohel Ahmed were killed in a
bomb attack in Jhalakathi town on Nov 14 last year.
Those convicted are the top leaders of banned JMB - an organisation
reportedly having links with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda - including its
chief Sheikh Abdur Rahman and his top aide Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla
Bhai.
On May 29, additional district and sessions Judge of Jhalakathi, Reza
Tarik Ahmed, ordered the 7 JMB men to be hanged until death. He acquitted
one in the sensational Jhalakathi judges killing case.
The other convicts are JMB's Majlish-e-Shura, the top decision-making
body, members Ataur Rahman Sunny, Abdul Awal and Faruk Hossain Khan [also
known as Khaled Saifullah], suicide bomber Iftekhar Hasan Al Mamun and
Asadul Islam Arif, who is absconding.
(source: Hindustan Times)