<span style="color: #222222;">A Canadian Federal Court has ordered the government to review its decision not to share information about the immigration status of Noor Chowdhury who is one of 12 former army officers sentenced to death in 1998 for the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975.<br />'' <br />'' The judgement was upheld by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2009.<br />'' <br />'' The court observed that Bangladesh's application for judicial review should be allowed because the Minister failed to give serious consideration to the public interest that would be served if the information sought were disclosed.<br />'' <br />'' Canada has refused the request to share information about the immigration status of Noor Chowdhury on various grounds including that there was no information-sharing agreement between Bangladesh and Canada.<br />'' <br />'' Noor Chowdhury came to Canada as a visitor in 1996 and applied for refugee protection. In 2006, Noor Chowdhury was found to be inadmissible to Canada but he has not been deported. Bangladesh has been in discussions with Canadian officials since 2010 about Chowdhury's status in Canada.<br />''<br />''Out of 12 persons convicted in the Mujib assassination case in 2009, six convicts including Noor Chowdhury are still not arrested as they fled abroad or are untraceable.</span><br />