Bangladesh court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.

The ruling comes months before parliamentary elections expected in early February.

The International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh's domestic war crimes court located in the capital Dhaka, delivered the guilty verdict amid tight security and in Hasina’s absence after she fled to India in August 2024. Army stand guard in front of the court as government increased security measures, ahead of the verdict on cases against the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 17, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

The verdict can be appealed in the Supreme Court.

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