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Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death for ordering lethal force against student protesters, with up to 1,400 casualties reported during the 2024 uprising, tribunal ruled.
- On Monday , the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina, former prime minister, to death and life imprisonment in a 453-page judgment.
- Prosecutors say the trial exposed orders to use lethal force during July–August 2024, supported by a 135-page charge sheet and 8,747 pages of documents; a UN OHCHR report found up to 1,400 killed.
- Tried in absentia after fleeing to India, Sheikh Hasina was not present for sentencing as her state-appointed defence counsel called the charges baseless and cheers broke out in the packed courtroom.
- With elections approaching, the ruling raises immediate stability concerns as Hasina's Awami League has been barred from contesting and millions of party loyalists may boycott, while paramilitary forces deployed across Dhaka respond to at least 30 crude bomb explosions and 26 vehicles torched.
- Exiled in India, Hasina's return hinges on New Delhi's response to an extradition request, while Article 8 of the India-Bangladesh extradition treaty complicates Dhaka's options and India's reaction remains cautious ahead of early-February parliamentary elections.
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Dhaka. Bangladeshi justice condemned to death yesterday former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, convicted of ordering the repression of the riots that caused her fall in 2024 and in which at least 1 400 people died, according to the United Nations (UN).
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Bangladesh remains calm a day after tribunal issues death sentence for ousted prime minister
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's capital and major cities were calm Tuesday despite a call for a nationwide shutdown by the former ruling party of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after she was sentenced to death over her crackdown on…
Sheikh Hasina Wazed, the longest prime minister of Bangladesh, started his political career as a symbol of democracy, but fled from the country in August 2024, after 15 years of power, following massive protests against its government.
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