Lots is going on with India’s neighbour as Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Monday sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death after finding her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.
Judge Golam Mortuza Mozumder said Hasina was “found guilty on three counts”, including incitement, issuing an order to kill, and failing to prevent atrocities. “We have decided to inflict her with only one sentence, the sentence of death,” he announced in a packed Dhaka courtroom.
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The verdict comes just months before national elections scheduled for early February. With the Awami League barred from contesting, fears of fresh unrest have intensified.
The tribunal delivered the judgment amid heavy security and in Hasina’s absence, as the 78-year-old leader has been living in India since fleeing Dhaka in August 2024.
Hasina’s son and adviser, Sajeeb Wazed, told media that they would not appeal unless a democratically elected government took office with the Awami League’s participation.
According to Dhaka Tribune, the verdict states that Hasina and two former officials — ex-police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun and ex-home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal — orchestrated and enabled atrocities during the July–August movement.
The tribunal concluded that Hasina committed crimes against humanity through
