The high court upheld the death penalty for 20 students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology for murdering Abrar Fahad in 2019. Fahad was beaten for six hours with a cricket bat over a Facebook post criticizing the government. A Dhaka court sentenced them to death in December 2021. The defense plans to appeal the verdict.
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