New York, Nov 18, 2025

Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based advocacy group, has raised serious human rights concerns over death sentences issued against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, noting that both were prosecuted in absentia and denied representation by counsel of their choosing.

The statement came after Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday pronounced a death sentence for the former Prime Minister after finding her guilty on the charges of “crimes against humanity” related to the demonstrations in July 2024.

The ICT also convicted two of Hasina’s top aides, sentencing former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death and former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, who turned

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