With the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) set to deliver its verdict, Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed her supporters virtually, denouncing the proceedings against her as “entirely illegal".

She alleged that Interim Prime Minister Muhammad Yunus and those aligned with him had orchestrated a plan to “punish" her through a process that she claimed violated all legal norms.

Speaking forcefully, she insisted the case registered against her was false and politically motivated. Hasina, along with former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, faces charges of murder, attempted murder, torture and other inhumane acts tied to the violent protests of 2024, which erupted over a controversial quota system in government

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