Bangladesh Ex-PM Sentenced to Death
A Bangladesh court Monday sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict.
Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her.
The highly anticipated ruling, which was broadcast live on national television, comes ahead of the first polls since her overthrow in August 2024.
"All the elements constituting crimes against humanity have been fulfilled," judge Golam Mortuza Mozumder read to the packed court in Dhaka.
Hasina was "found guilty on three counts," including incitement, order to kill and inaction to prevent the atrocities, Mozumder said.
"We have decided to inflict her with only one sentence, that is, sentence of death."
Former Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, also a fugitive, was also sentenced to death, after being found guilty on four counts of crimes against humanity.
Former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, who was in court and had pleaded guilty, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment.
Bangladesh has been in political turmoil since the end of Hasina's autocratic rule, and violence has marred campaigning for elections expected in February 2026.
The United Nations says up to 1,400 people were killed in crackdowns as Hasina tried to cling to power, deaths that were central to her trial.
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