'Beheading of eight medieval barbarism'
Sammilito Samajik Andolan leaders yesterday condemned and protested the public execution of eight Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia.
The workers were beheaded in public in Riyadh on October 7 after they were found guilty of killing an Egyptian in 2007.
In a statement, the leaders compared the executions to “medieval barbarism”, saying such an act in public is barbaric.
“We are profoundly saddened,” said the organisation's President Ajoy Roy, vice presidents Pankaj Bhattacharya, Advocate SMA Sabur and Rajia Samad Dalia and General Secretary Tobarak Hossain in the statement.
Demand to stop death sentence is being voiced worldwide. A number of human rights organisations in recent times are forming public opinion to stop capital punishment while some countries already stopped it, they said.
Besides, different human rights organisations are claiming that the judicial system of Saudi Arabia is not of international standard, they added.
Gonotantrik Bam Morcha (Democratic Left Alliance) also condemned and protested the executions, says a press release.
Hiding the dead bodies without informing the family while falsely claiming that they were buried and ignoring international customs goes against humanity and is also condemnable, said the morcha leaders.
The government of Bangladesh failed to ensure the safety of the lives of its citizens. It also tarnished Bangladesh's image abroad and represented the country as one without a backbone before the international community, they said.
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