New Delhi: Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity during the crackdown on last year’s student-led uprising that led to her ouster.

In a televised verdict, the tribunal also handed a death sentence to ex-interior minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and a five-year jail term to former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.

Over a thousand people were killed during the anti-government protests, marking the country’s deadliest period since its 1971 independence war. Hasina, 78, was tried in absentia, as she has been living in self-imposed exile in New Delhi ever since she fled her country in August last year during the upheaval. Show Full Article

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