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[Rick Halperin]

BAHRAIN:


BAHRAIN SENTENCES TWO BANGLADESHIS TO DEATH

Two Bangladeshi men have been sentenced to death in Bahrain for murder. They 
have the right to
appeal the sentence.

View the full Urgent Action, including case information, addresses and sample 
messages, here.

A High Criminal Court in the capital, Manama, sentenced two Bangladeshi men, 
Salam Julas and Suzan
Badsha, both aged 29, to death on 22 March for the premeditated murder of 
another Bangladeshi
national, Taher Antez, with the intention of robbing him.

According to local media reports, the two men had been charged in April 2013 
with the premeditated
murder of the victim in a row over prostitution earnings, residing in the 
country illegally and
being involved in prostitution: cleaners found the victim’s body inside a 
suitcase near a rubbish
container. The two men admitted they had committed the murder before the public 
prosecution.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Bahrain has applied the death penalty only a few times in the past few years. 
The last person
executed in Bahrain was a Bangladeshi man, Jassim Abdulmanan, who was put to 
death in 2010. However,
since 2011, at least 11 people have been sentenced to death, although some of 
the death sentences
have since been quashed on appeal.

View the full Urgent Action here.

Names: Salam Julas (m), Suzan Badsha (m)
Issues: Death penalty, Legal concern
UA: 68/15
Issue Date: 24 March 2015
Country: Bahrain

Please let us know if you took action so that we can track our impact!

EITHER send a short email to uan at aiusa.org with "UA 68/15" in the subject line, 
and include in the
body of the email the number of letters and/or emails you sent.

OR fill out this short online form to let us know how you took action.

Thank you for taking action! Please check with the AIUSA Urgent Action Office 
if sending appeals
after the below date. If you receive a response from a government official, 
please forward it to us
at uan at aiusa.org or to the Urgent Action Office address below.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Please write immediately in English or Arabic:
  *  Urging the authorities not to execute the two Bangladeshi nationals and 
immediately establish an
     official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death 
penalty;
  *  Acknowledging the Bahraini government’s responsibility to protect the 
public and bring to
     justice those who commit crimes, but insisting that this should always be 
done in accordance
     with international law and Bahrain’s international human rights 
obligations;

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 5 MAY 2015 TO:

King
Shaikh Hamad bin ‘Issa Al Khalifa Office of His Majesty the King
P.O. Box 555
Rifa’a Palace, al-Manama, Bahrain
Fax: 011 973 1766 4587
Salutation: Your Majesty

Prime Minister
Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Prime Minister
Office of the Prime Minister
P.O. Box 1000, al-Manama, Bahrain
Fax: 011 973 1753 3033
Salutation: Your Highness



Minister of Justice Shaikh Khaled bin Ali al-Khalifa
Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs
P. O. Box 450, Manama, Bahrain
Fax: 011 973 1753 1284
Salutation: Your Excellency


Also send copies to: H.E. Ambassador Shaikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al 
Khalifa, Embassy of the Kingdom of
Bahrain
3502 International Dr. NW, Washington DC 20008
Fax: 1 202 362 2192 I Email: ambsecretary at bahrainembassy.org

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