Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death on Monday by the International Crimes Trubinal in Bangladesh for “crimes against humanity”, over a year after she fled to India amid violent student protests demanding her resignation.

Hasina, who ruled Bangladesh for 15 years, fled to India after a violent student protest in July-August last year that killed hundreds of protesters and injured thousands others. The Bangladesh student protest last year marked the fall of Sheikh Hasina, triggering a chain of events that ultimately culminated into the death sentence for the ousted Prime Minister.

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