4 hours agoBangladesh sentenced to death five men who had been violated by a 15 - year - old girl
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Five men who had sexually violated a 15-year-old girl in Bangladesh were sentenced to death just days after the small South Asian country approved the death penalty. The decision on this sentence was issued in the northern district of Tangail, by a special tribulal founded for cases of abuse against [...]
The decision on this sentence was made in the northern district of Tangail, by a special tribunal founded for cases of abuse against women and children.
Prosecutor Nazim Ahmed said that the victim's boyfriend had sent the girl to a river where he had been raped along with two friends, and then two others had attended, writes the Daily Mail, broadcast the Express.
The five persons were convicted and sentenced to death”, this prosecutor told the AFP agency.
This is the first severer sentence since the day Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government approved the death penalty.
The group's sexual violence was punishable by death, but the violation by a single person was sentenced to life imprisonment.
In Bangladesh, there have been protests against violence against women, where protesters have sought stronger penalties against sexual offenders.
