06 March 2006 :
Hossein S., 24, was hanged in Qazvin, northern Iran, for raping two women after breaking into a beauty parlour and threatening them with a knife. The report did not say whether the hanging was carried out in public.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on April 9, 2026 sentenced two former policemen to death and others to varying jail terms in a crimes against humanity case filed over the killing of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) student Abu Sayed.
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Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has demanded in a legal communication to Bangladeshi authorities that the death sentence given to her by a tribunal last year be set aside as “legally void”, and that any further proceedings against her be conducted in compliance with international fair trial standards.
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