A special tribunal in capital Dhaka is expected to announce a verdict today against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina , who is being tried in absentia for crimes against humanity over a violent crackdown on student-led protests.

The 78-year-old, along with two other officials, is accused of being the “mastermind and principal architect” behind last year’s suppression of mass demonstrations prompted by a controversial quota system in government jobs, in which some 1,400 people were killed.

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