bdnews24.com, Dhaka

The BNP has said presidential pardon to 20 death-row convicts for murdering a leader of the main opposition party’s youth front was against the rule of law.
Shabbir Ahmed Gama, a Juba Dal leader, was shot dead in 2004. The pardon of President Zillur Rahman following a verdict of the lower court and much before a full trial process had been exhausted.
“We think the president has made himself controversial by granting clemency to the convicts in the middle of the trial process. The clemency has raised questions among the people. [Read More]

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Source: The New Nation