Bangladesh: Fresh death sentences show urgent need to end executions

Headline Title: Bangladesh: Fresh death sentences show urgent need to end executions 03 November 2014 Bangladesh must immediately impose a moratorium on executions as a first step towards abolition of the death penalty and ensure that political interference does not mar judicial processes, Amnesty International said after the confirmation of two fresh death sentences over two days.Bangladesh’s Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence against Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, a senior leader of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party. Kamaruzzaman was first sentenced to death in May 2013,…

Read complete article

~	Poor access to healthcare and water in Tchicanou and Bondi: “There are no doctors there…”

~	Thai youth activist charged with royal defamation dies in custody

~	The jury from Moldova gave highest points to Ukraine during Eurovision 2024

~	Rwanda’s role in eastern DRC conflict: why international law is failing to end the fighting

~	Mapping malaria in Africa: climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in future

~	Why is my dog so cute? The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast

~	India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights

~	Al Ahly and Esperance highlight the dominance of North Africa in club football. Lessons for other African teams

~	Sri Lanka: Fifteen years after the end of war, victims still await justice at Mullivaikkal

~	South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases