Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death after finding her guilty of "crimes against humanity". The tribunal ruled that Hasina had ordered killings, incited violence and failed to prevent the atrocities committed during the July and August 2024 "student uprising", after which escaped to India and remains reportedly in New Delhi since. Judge Golam Mortuza Mozumder told the crowded courtroom that she had been found guilty on three counts and that the court had decided to impose a single punishment which was the sentence of death. Hasina defied the International Crimes Tribunal’s decision, claiming that the ruling, linked to the student-led protests of August 2024, was “biased and politically motivated.”

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