"Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to be hanged for crimes against humanity, prompting cheers in the packed courtroom as the judge read out the verdict on Monday. Hasina, 78, had defied the tribunal's order to return from India and attend her trial. The case against Hasina then proceeded "in absentia" (without the defendant present), with the judges ultimately finding her guilty of the deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising last year."
"The former leader of Bangladesh was found guilty on three counts: incitement, order to kill, and inaction to prevent the atrocities, the judge said. "We have decided to inflict her with only one sentence that is, sentence of death," he added. According to UN investigators, up to 1,400 people may have been killed in the violent repression of mass protests."
Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, finding her guilty of incitement, ordering killings, and inaction to prevent atrocities during a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising. Hasina, 78, remained in India and defied an order to return, so the trial proceeded in absentia. UN investigators estimate up to 1,400 people may have been killed during the repression of mass protests. Former Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal also received a death sentence in absentia on multiple counts. Hasina called the verdict biased and politically motivated and said the guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion. An appeal is possible only if she is arrested or surrenders.
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