Sheikh Hasina, the ousted former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death by a special tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity in relation to the fatal crackdown on a student uprising last year that led to the end of her 15-year rule.

The violence is estimated by the United Nations to have killed up to 1,400 people, after deadly force was used against the protesters.

Hasina is currently in exile in India, as is former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, who was also sentenced to death on Monday for his involvement in last year’s event. India did not respond to requests by Bangladesh to extradite Hasina and Khan to face trial.

"Sheikh Hasina was the mastermind, the planner, order-giver, and superior commander or highest order-giver, of all crimes against humanity

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