T he death sentence handed down to Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 17 November brought a sense of relief and justice to the families who lost loved ones during the tumultuous three-week uprising that toppled her regime during the students’ July Uprising last year.

For many among the nation’s 180 million people, the deaths of approximately 1,400 individuals in that short period are a vivid, lived experience. The verdict from the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) —a domestic court mandated to try those accused of crimes against humanity under Article 7 of the International Criminal Court (ICC)—offers a measure of closure.

Following the verdict, international human rights organi s ations and independent observers questioned the trial process

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