Bangladesh military mutineers jailed

Hundreds of Bangladeshi border guards who challenged the government in a deadly 2009 mutiny have been sentenced to up to seven years in prison.

Bangladesh military mutineers jailed

Hundreds of Bangladeshi border guards who challenged the government in a deadly 2009 mutiny have been sentenced to up to seven years in prison.

The bloody mutiny – which killed 74 people, most of them commanding officers - erupted at a crucial time for Bangladesh’s troubled democracy, just two months after the powerful military had handed power over to prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s newly elected government.

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