Sixteen people sentenced to death in Bangladesh for murder of teenage girl

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Nusrat Jahan’s death sparked public outrage and mass demonstrations calling for her killers to be punished

School headmaster Siraj Ud Doula is escorted out of the court premises in Feni, Bangladesh, on Oct. 24, 2019.The principal of a religious school in Bangladesh was among 16 people sentenced to death on Thursday for the murder of a teenage girl who refused to withdraw a complaint of sexual harassment against him, the public prosecutor said.

“The judgment proves that no one is above the law,” public prosecutor Hafez Ahmed told reporters after the court verdict.He said the defence lawyers had tried unsuccessfully to establish that Jahan had committed suicide.Jahan’s death sparked public outrage and mass demonstrations calling for her killers to be punished. She had faced pressure to withdraw a complaint to police in March accusing the school principal of attempted rape, her family said.“I can’t forget her for a moment.

 

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Hope they get the same treatment they gave that girl. First they get raped in jail, them burned alive like she did.

Isn't the 3rd world wonderful? I cannot wait until they are all Canadians!

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