BANGLADESH: Elections promised by end of 2008
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In Bangladesh, the interim government says it will make good on its promise to hold free and fair elections before the end of 2008. The election commission says polls could be held within 18 months. But the country's anti-corruption drive is continuing, and among the targets are key political figures -- including a former advisor to Khaleda Zia, Harris Chowdhury, who has been sentenced, in absentia - to three years in prison.
Presenter: Rob Sharp
Speakers: Former Supreme Court judge K. M. Subhan, head of the Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights
