Bangladesh: madrasa teacher given life imprisonment for raping a student
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Convicted
Authority role
madrasa teacher
Organization
Alkasim Markazut Tahfiz Madrasa
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The victim was a student enrolled at the madrasa where the defendant taught, subject to his religious teaching authority.
- Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
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Proceedings
2023-02-01 · conviction and sentence
Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hasmat Ali, a teacher at the Alkasim Markazut Tahfiz Madrasa, was convicted of raping a student in November 2019 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a fine.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- religious teaching authority over an enrolled student
Cited record
Sources
- national news agency verdict and sentencing report 'Court jails madrasa teacher for life in case over rape of student', bdnews24.com, Feb. 2023.
Bangladeshi national news agency reporting the life sentence for the rape of a madrasa student.
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- https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/7l3vzxlc8n Corpus classification: national-news-agency; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report.
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