The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called for an eleventh-hour stay of execution for Abdul Quader Mollah, convicted of war crimes in a trial that did not meet ‘stringent international standards’ for imposition of the death penalty.
Pillay urged Bangladesh President to order the last-minute stay of execution for Quader Mollah.
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has written to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a last-minute appeal, to halt the execution, according to a media release issued from Geneva on Tuesday.
In a statement last month, the High Commissioner urged the government of
Human dignity denied in Bangladesh
The Amendment 15 to the constitution of Bangladesh is critical. This amendment was borne to satisfy the wish of the incumbent Prime Minister, says Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). Gross abuse of human rights in Bangladesh are mostly related to quest for, and maintenance of, power, which guarantees the ruling segment 'licence' to corruption and impunity, AHRC says.
AHRC in its report on the state of Human Rights in Bangladesh, 2013 says, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina used her official relief fund to bribe a Chief Justice and fulfil her desire of perpetuating power in this way. In a country where basic institutions related to the rule of law are a facade, such actions shouldn't surprise, the report added.
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Are border enclaves - surrounded by foreign land - part of a country’s territory? Or are they merely properties owned by a country on foreign shores populated by mostly poor and unlettered people devoid of legal identity? With the India-Bangladesh enclaves triggering diplomatic issues, an organisation is moving court seeking an answer.
The Bharat-Bangladesh Enclave Exchange Coordination Committee (BBEECC), an organisation fighting for the rights of thousands of “stateless” enclave dwellers, will approach the Indian Supreme Court on the constitutional status of the 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh and 51 Bangladeshi enclaves in India, which have a cumulative population of over 51,000.
The Labour Court of Oman has recently ordered compensation to 36 Bangladeshi workers who had been working for a construction firm in the Sultanate without regular salaries for over two years.
The men, who are now waiting for their tickets and passports, will be given their dues ranging from RO1,000 to RO1,500 on the day of their departure.
A Bangladeshi Embassy official said, “Some of them might have problems like non-availability of passports, which we’ll take care of. The embassy will solve any other problem as well.”
Sheikh Sekander Ali, ...
Nikam told that police constable attached to the social security cell Ajit Dhumal had received ...
Nikam told that police constable attached to the social security cell Ajit Dhumal had received ...
