PUBLIC AI Index: ASA 13/004/2007

05 April 2007

Further Information on UA 57/07 (ASA 13/002/2007, 7 March 2007), and follow-up (ASA 13/003/2007, 27 March 2007) - Death penalty/imminent execution

BANGLADESH Shayek Abdur Rahman (m)

Siddikul Islam alias Bangla Bhai (m)

Four other men

Shayek Abdur Rahman, Siddikul Islam, alias Bangla Bhai, and four other men were executed on 30 March. Officials said that the six were hanged two weeks ahead of schedule for "security reasons". The President had rejected a petition for clemency on 4 March

The men were sentenced to death in May 2006 for involvement in a bomb attack which killed two judges. The six were members of the banned Islamist group Jamiat-ul-Mojahedin Bangladesh (JMB). The authorities had accused the group of involvement in a series of bomb blasts and other attacks since at least 2003.

No further action is requested. Many thanks to all who sent appeals.

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