V 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2181 
For the relief of Mohuiddin A.K.M. Ahmed. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2007 
Mr. MCDERMOTT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Mohuiddin A.K.M. Ahmed. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Mohuiddin A.K.M. Ahmed is an innocent 
Bangladeshi citizen living in exile in the United 
States. In 1996, a Bangladeshi court erroneously 
convicted Mr. Ahmed of murder and sentenced him 
to death in connection with a 1975 coup. Having ex-
hausted all available legal avenues, Ahmed now sits 
in U.S. custody awaiting his deportation and subse-
quent execution. 
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(2) The circumstances surrounding the trial in 
absentia and subsequent conviction of Mohiuddin 
‘‘Din’’ Ahmed, are sufficiently suspect as to warrant 
the immediate intervention on the part of the United 
States Government to prevent his planned deporta-
tion, which as of now is imminent. 
(3) If the United States Congress, the United 
States State Department, or the United States De-
partment of Homeland Security fail to intervene on 
his behalf, or favorably exercise their discretion in 
this matter, Ahmed will face certain execution by 
hanging upon his arrival in Bangladesh. 
(4) Following its split from Pakistan in 1971, 
the newly sovereign nation of Bangladesh experi-
enced a period of violent civil unrest, culminating in 
the violent coup to overthrow the nation’s first 
Prime Minister, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Mujib) on 
August 15, 1975. Ahmed had been commissioned as 
an officer in the East Pakistani military before Ban-
gladesh declared its independence, and he continued 
to serve during the Pakistani civil war and after 
independence. On the night of August 15, 1975, 
Ahmed was ordered to station his men at a road-
block roughly one mile from the home of then Prime 
Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. 
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That night, a violent coup erupted, and individuals 
stormed the home of the Prime Minister, killing him 
and the rest of his family. 
(5) Ahmed, like most Bangladeshis and many 
international observers at the time, was concerned 
with Mujib’s policies of political suppression and his 
repeated violations of the civil rights of the 
Bangladeshi people. However, he had no knowledge 
of, nor did he support, the violent coup that erupted 
that night. 
(6) Following the coup, Ahmed went on to serve 
as a diplomat in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere, 
until 1996, when Sheikh Hasina Wajed, daughter of 
the assassinated Prime Minister, came to power, and 
then broke her promise to respect the Bangladeshi 
constitutional amendment which provided immunity 
to officers involved in the 1975 coup. Rather, Sheikh 
Hasina Wajed orchestrated the repeal of the con-
stitutional amendment, and the arrest of the men 
she believed were responsible for the death of her fa-
ther. Under these orders, Ahmed, who had been liv-
ing in Los Angeles, was tried in absentia, convicted, 
and sentenced to death by hanging. He will not be 
allowed to reopen the in absentia conviction. As 
such, he will not be provided the opportunity to 
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question the fairness of the trial, confront witnesses 
against him, nor present exculpatory evidence on his 
behalf which has recently been uncovered, i.e., eye-
witness testimony affirming Ahmed’s innocence. 
(7) Soon after Din arrived in the United States 
he applied for asylum but was denied by both the 
Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration 
appeals. By the time his trial began in Bangladesh 
he had already filed a request for political asylum 
under the provisions of the United Nations Conven-
tion Against Torture. But after the September 11, 
2001, terrorist attacks, immigration law had 
changed and Ahmed, accused of taking part in kill-
ing a head of state, was no longer entitled to relief 
from deportation. Last February, the U.S. Court of 
Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the immigration 
judge’s denial of asylum and related relief. 
(8) It is incumbent upon us to find a country 
where Ahmed might be granted safe-haven, that 
does not condone death penalty, and that respects 
human rights. 
SEC. 2. DEFERRAL OF ACTION ON DEPORTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for purposes of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), Mohuiddin A.K.M. 
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Ahmed shall have his final order of deportation indefi-
nitely stayed. 
(b) DEFERRAL
OF
ACTION.—Mohuiddin A.K.M. 
Ahmed shall be accorded deferred action status for an in-
definite period, and the Immigration and Customs En-
forcement shall release him from ICE custody with an 
order of supervision. As such, Mr. Mohuiddin A.K.M. 
Ahmed will not be deported to Bangladesh, or any coun-
try, which maintains an extradition treaty with Ban-
gladesh or which condones the death penalty. 
(c) PREFERENTIAL IMMIGRATION TREATMENT FOR 
CERTAIN
RELATIVES.—The spouse and children of 
Mohuiddin A.K.M. Ahmed shall, by virtue of such relation-
ship, be accorded the same rights, privileges, or status 
under the Immigration and Nationality Act as Mohuiddin 
A.K.M. Ahmed. 
SEC. 3. PERMANENT RESIDENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for purposes of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), Mohuiddin A.K.M. 
Ahmed shall be eligible for adjustment of status to that 
of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
upon filing an application for issuance of an immigrant 
visa under section 204 of such Act or for adjustment of 
status to lawful permanent resident. 
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