Bangladesh Raised the maximum sentence for sexual assault to death on October 14, 7:36
In Bangladesh, South Asia, public protests spread throughout the country triggered by the spread of footage of women being sexually assaulted on SNS, and the government raised the maximum sentence for sexual assault to death. ..
In Bangladesh, public protests calling for stricter punishment for sex crimes spread throughout the country this month, triggered by the spread of videos on social media of women being sexually assaulted by a group of men.
Under these circumstances, President Hamid of Bangladesh approved on the 13th to raise the maximum sentence for sexual assault cases from life imprisonment to death sentence.
According to local human rights groups, 975 women have been sexually assaulted in Bangladesh by last month, 43 of whom have died, and hopes for stricter punishment. It is a form in which the statutory sentence has been raised due to public opinion.
Regarding this, the international human rights organization Amnesty International has called on the government to take effective measures to prevent damage, saying that raising the death penalty does not lead to deterrence of crime.
The trend toward stricter punishment for sex crimes is also progressing in neighboring India, where sexual assault on women has become a serious social problem, and the maximum sentence was raised to the death penalty seven years ago.