US EditionBangladesh Court Sentences Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina to Death for Crimes Against Humanity
Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia for ordering a crackdown that killed up to 1,400 people during a 2024 student uprising, the tribunal ruled.
- International Crimes Tribunal-1 judges in Dhaka sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death on Monday for genocide during the July–August 2024 violence.
- Prosecutors filed five charges including failure to prevent murder, murder, torture and other inhumane acts linked to student unrest after United Nations and interim-government reports cited mass casualties and injuries, with one accusing Hasina of ordering protesters' extermination as the mastermind.
- Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder read that the tribunal heard 54 witnesses during the months-long hearings, concluding on October 23 with allegations of ordering lethal force against protesters.
- Security forces deployed army troops, Border Guard Bangladesh and riot police across Dhaka, while nearly 50 arson attacks preceded the verdict and Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali issued a shoot-on-sight directive.
- With elections expected in February 2026, the Yunus-led interim government made prosecuting previous regime leaders a core promise and has sought Hasina's extradition from India, which has yet to respond.
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This Monday, November 17, the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal handed down a sentence that shook the country's political landscape.
"No one is above law": Bangladesh Chief Advisor on Sheikh Hasina's death sentence
A statement posted on the social media platform on the Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh said, "DHAKA, Today, the courts of Bangladesh have spoken with a clarity that resonates across the nation and beyond. The conviction and sentencing affirm a fundamental principle: no one, regardless of power, is above the law. This verdict offers vital, if insufficient, justice to the thousands harmed in the uprising of July and August 2024, and …
Bangladesh’s Former Leader Sentenced to Death
Bangladesh’s ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity committed during last year’s student protests, which killed around 1,400 people. Tried in absentia after fleeing to India, Hasina was found guilty of incitement, ordering killings, and failing to prevent atrocities. She denies all charges, calling the trial politically motivated. The interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, calle…
Bangladesh's ousted PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for student crackdown
A Bangladesh war crimes court sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.
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