Bangladeshs ousted leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death after crimes against humanity conviction

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Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity

Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2025/un-exbangladesh-pms-crackdown-killed-in-power-struggle">crimes against humanity</a> related to the deadly crackdown on student-led protests during the July Uprising in 2024.

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Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity related to the deadly crackdown on student-led protests during the July Uprising in 2024.

The tribunal found Hasina guilty of ordering the use of helicopters, drones and lethal weapons to eliminate demonstrators. U.N. estimates indicated that up to 1,400 people died during <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2024/bangladesh-universities-shut-after-student-protests-kill-">the uprising between July and August 2024</a>.

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The tribunal found Hasina guilty of ordering the use of helicopters, drones and lethal weapons to eliminate demonstrators. U.N. estimates indicated that up to 1,400 people died during the uprising between July and August 2024.

Former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan received the death penalty alongside Hasina, while former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun was sentenced to five years' imprisonment after he became a state witness.

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Former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan received the death penalty alongside Hasina, while former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun was sentenced to five years' imprisonment after he became a state witness.

The court ordered the confiscation of assets belonging to Hasina and Khan, and directed the government to provide compensation to the families of protesters killed and injured during the uprising.

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The court ordered the confiscation of assets belonging to Hasina and Khan, and directed the government to provide compensation to the families of protesters killed and injured during the uprising.

Hasina rejected the charges, calling the tribunal biased and politically motivated, and claimed she was denied a fair chance to defend herself, as <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2024/bangladesh-pm-hasina-resigns-flees-after-military-coup">she has remained in exile in India</a> since fleeing Bangladesh in August 2024.

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Hasina rejected the charges, calling the tribunal biased and politically motivated, and claimed she was denied a fair chance to defend herself, as she has remained in exile in India since fleeing Bangladesh in August 2024.

Security was heightened across Bangladesh ahead of the verdict. Authorities deployed army troops and issued shoot-on-sight orders amid fears of violence, as the country prepares for national elections in February.

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Security was heightened across Bangladesh ahead of the verdict. Authorities deployed army troops and issued shoot-on-sight orders amid fears of violence, as the country prepares for national elections in February.

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This verdict exposes a rigged kangaroo court designed to eliminate political opposition. The International Crimes Tribunal lacks any international credibility and exclusively targets Awami League members while ignoring documented violence by other parties. This sham proceeding denies basic due process and serves only to legitimize an unelected regime's power grab.

This verdict exposes a rigged kangaroo court designed to eliminate political opposition. The International Crimes Tribunal lacks any international credibility and exclusively targets Awami League members while ignoring documented violence by other parties. This sham proceeding denies basic due process and serves only to legitimize an unelected regime's power grab.

From exile, Hasina lashes out at ICT for denying her ‘a fair chance to defend’

The death sentence delivers long-overdue justice and buries fascist dictatorship forever in Bangladesh. This landmark verdict proves no autocrat can escape accountability for crimes against humanity, no matter how powerful they become. The ruling upholds the rule of law and serves justice to the martyrs who died fighting against oppression during the July uprising.

The death sentence delivers long-overdue justice and buries fascist dictatorship forever in Bangladesh. This landmark verdict proves no autocrat can escape accountability for crimes against humanity, no matter how powerful they become. The ruling upholds the rule of law and serves justice to the martyrs who died fighting against oppression during the July uprising.

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