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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 2 December 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in favor of the Yukon First Nations in their action to fight the Yukon government's proposed plan to allow further economic development of the Peel Wa (More) |
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Bangladesh court upholds 139 death sentences in 2009 mutiny case
A three-judge panel of the Bangladesh High Court on Monday upheld 139 death sentences and 146 life imprisonments relating to the 2009 mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that resulted in the death of 74 people including 54 senior governme (More) |
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Bangladesh court sentences 14 to death in arms smuggling case
A court in Bangladesh sentenced 14 men to death on Thursday for their involvement in a 2004 arms smuggling operation. Among the individuals sentenced was Matiur Rahman Nizami , the leader of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami [official website; GlobalS (More) |
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UN rights chief concerned over death sentences for Bangladesh mutineers
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website; JURIST news archive], urged the Bangladesh government on Wednesday not to carry out the death sentences of 152 paramilitary soldiers under reports of due process violations leadi (More) |
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Bangladesh court sentences 152 individuals to death over 2009 mutiny
A Bangladeshi court sentenced 152 former members of a paramilitary border security force, the 13th Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Battalion, to death on Tuesday in connection with their participation in a February 2009 mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST new (More) |
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HRW criticizes treatment of accused Bangladesh mutineers
Bangladeshi authorities should order a retrial of military personnel involved in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny due to alleged violations of international fair trial standards, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a statement released Tuesday (More) |
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Bangladesh court sentences 611 individuals for 2009 mutiny
A special military court in Dhaka on Monday convicted 611 of the 621 accused in the 13th Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Battalion for their participation in the February 2009 mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Only 10 soldiers were acquitted (More) |
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Rights group urges Bangladesh to ensure fair trials for mutiny defendants
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the government of Bangladesh to ensure that those accused of being involved in a February 2009 mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] are given fair trials. Members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) (More) |
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Bangladesh judge indicts 430 civilians for 2009 mutiny
A judge in the Court of Metropolitan Sessions, a criminal court in Bangladesh, on Wednesday indicted 430 people for their roles in a February 2009 mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Bangladesh has conducted a series of military and civ (More) |
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Bangladesh jails more than 650 soldiers in connection to 2009 mutiny
A Bangladesh military court on Monday sentenced 657 border guards for their roles in a February 2009 mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The verdict was unprecedented in the number of people convicted at once and brings the total number (More) |
Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia
On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.
