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| Bangladesh |
| Political killings on the rise |
| 2011-11-05 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Incidents of political killing have taken an alarming rise in the country with death of over 100 leaders and activists of different parties in the last 10 months. In most of the cases, popular local leaders with the prospect of obtaining nominations in the parliamentary elections have been killed by their rivals. On the other hand, the nation did not witness any of the alleged killers get punished, which according to many, has created a flattering ground for political murders. While some of these killings took place during festivities between ruling Awami League and opposition BNP supporters, a significant share of incidents involves killing of one AL leader by another of the same party. Sources said over 7,000 accused have been released under political consideration during the tenure of the present government while a number of accused awarded death sentence, including 22 convicts in two cases of Natore and Laxmipur, were pardoned. Meanwhile, ...back at the sandwich shop, Caroline was experimenting with ingredients of increasing volatility... the law enforcers did not make any headway in almost all the cases related to political murder due to political interferences and blame games. In some cases, law enforcers resorted to arresting innocent people belonging to the opposite political camp. For instance, truth of the murder of AL activist Ibrahim Ahmed on August 13 last year still remains in the dark due to the involvement of ruling party politician Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon. |
| Posted by:Fred |