US EditionBangladesh's Ousted PM Hasina Sentenced to Death for Students Crackdown
The tribunal accuses ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina of crimes against humanity linked to last year's deadly uprising, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty.
- Arriving in Moscow, S Jaishankar will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss bilateral ties and lead India's delegation at the SCO Council on Tuesday.
- The case traces to a student-led uprising that left many dead, and Sheikh Hasina faces a verdict in a case related to unrest in Dhaka, with the UN citing up to 1,400 casualties.
- Tried in absentia, Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal face charges, while Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former inspector general of police, is in custody; prosecutors seek the death penalty.
- Security forces have surrounded the court and Dhaka Municipal Police said almost half of the city's 34,000 police would be on duty, while Tajul Islam said `Justice will be served according to the law` and Jahangir Alam Chowdhury assured no cause for concern.
- Bangladesh's foreign ministry this month summoned India's envoy over Hasina's media access, and Hasina warned the ban on the Awami League is deepening a political crisis in a country of 170 million people.
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A Dhaka court sentenced former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is in exile, to death today for ordering a crackdown on protesters in 2024, during protests that left 1,400 dead.
Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described the death sentence handed down by the International Crimes Tribunal as an act of political vendetta. She called it the verdict of a "fake court." Hasina said the trial was conducted in her absence and she was denied a chance to defend herself.
In Bangladesh, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity for her role in the deadly crackdown on student protests in 2024. According to the UN, as many as 1,400 people may have died in the protests. Hasina calls it a "political trial."
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