Other ways around the world include shooting, electrocution, or lethal injection. (Representational image: AI generated)

New Delhi: Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death, finding her guilty on five serious charges, including crimes against humanity, during the July Uprising. This verdict is an unprecedented event in Bangladesh’s political and legal history.

Two of Hasina’s top aides, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun have also been awarded the death penalty and five years in prison for turning approver.

How is the death penalty carried out in Bangladesh?

According to Bangladesh’s Criminal Procedure Code 1898, a person sentenced to de

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