No report on the effective impact of the October 2001 election of a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government on the prosecution of those former military officers who were indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to death for their involvement in the 15 August 1975 assassination of former Awami League Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

However, attached please find two opinions that provide a vague idea of the impact of the October 2001 elections on the prosecution of these military officers.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Attachments

The Daily Star [Dhaka]. 10 October 2001. M. Shafiullah. "Eighth Parliament: Key to Historic Reconciliation." http://www.dailystarnews.com/200110/10/n1101002.htm [Accessed 30 Oct. 2001]

Reuters. 5 October 2001. Anis Ahmed. "Polls Bring More than Defeat for Hasina." AsianAgeOnline. http://www.hclinfinet.com/2001/OCT/WEEK1/6/BGLInsideNN2.jsp [Accessed 30 Oct. 2001]

Additional Sources Consulted

IRB databases

LEXIS/NEXIS

Resource Centre Country Files: Bangladesh

Internet sources including:

The Daily Star [Dhaka]

The Independent [Dhaka]

Nation Online [Dhaka]

News From Bangladesh [Dhaka]

World News Connection (WNC)

Search engines:

Google

MetaEureka