Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday alleged that the verdict announced against her came from a “rigged tribunal” set up and presided over by the unelected interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, which lacks a democratic mandate, calling the ruling “biased” and “politically motivated”.

The remarks came after Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) pronounced a death sentence for the former Prime Minister after it found her guilty on the charges of crimes against humanity related to the demonstrations in July of last year.

“In their distasteful call for the death penalty, they reveal the brazen and murderous intent of extremist figures within the interim government to remove Bangladesh’s last elected prime minister, and to nullify the Awami League as a politi

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