executions in the world:

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BANGLADESH

 
government: Parliamentary democracy
state of civil and political rights: Partly free
constitution: 16 December 1972, suspended 24 March 1982, renewed 10 November 1986, and amended several times
legal system: based on English common law
legislative system: unicameral National Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad)
judicial system: Supreme Court, the Chief Justices and other judges are appointed by the president
religion: 83% Muslim; 16% Hindu; Buddhist, Catholic and Protestant minorities
death row: 1020 (Afp, 14/02/2010)
year of last executions: 0-0-0
death sentences: 34
executions: 9
international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Statute of the International Criminal Court (which excludes the death penalty) (only signed)


situation:
Bangladesh applies the death penalty for such crimes as murder, sedition and drug-trafficking.
In March 1998 the Bangladesh Cabinet has approved the death penalty for crimes against women and children including trafficking, rape and murder. The maximum punishment for such crimes was formerly 10 years in prison. In 1997 capital offences were extended to include hijacking of planes and sabotage.
On March 16, 2004 Parliament passed the Disruption of Law and Order Offences (Speedy Trial) Act 2004 to extend the term of the much-debated Speedy Trial Act created in 2002 for another two years following its expiry on April 9, 2004.
The law, approved by Parliament on March 13, 2002 and effective from April 10, 2002 instituted special tribunals and fast track trials (to take place within 90 days of the filing of a report) with the power to condemn to death people found guilty of violent crimes.
Home Affairs Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, arguing for an extension of the life of the law, told the House that the country's law-and-order situation had improved following the re-classification of crimes such as terrorist acts, extortion and kidnapping under the speedy trial law.
The number of death sentences passed in Bangladesh increased significantly with the introduction of these courts. According to official sources in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, the nine Speedy Trial Tribunals of the country dealt with 650 cases between October 2002, when they were set up, up to June 30, 2005. The tribunals passed death sentences on 311 people.
On the other hand, Sessions Judges' courts of the country sentenced 123 people with death punishment from 2001 until June 30, 2005. A total of 221 people were sentenced to death by different courts of the country until 2001 since independence. On the other hand, 80 people were given death sentence in 2002, 162 in 2003, 112 in 2004 and 80 in 2005 (up to June 30), the sources said.
The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, on June 30, 2005, said there were 655 prisoners condemned to death in prisons scattered across the country. The government had only 53 cells for condemned prisoners with each cell originally made to accommodate only one convict.
Bangladesh resumed executions in 2001, after a de facto three-year suspension. Two men were hanged between February and March and another in November. One execution was recorded in 2002 and two people were put to death in 2003.
At least 13 people were sent to gallows in 2004 and at least five in 2005; four people were executed in 2006 an six in 2007.
On December 18, 2008 Bangladesh voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly.

 

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