Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Brussels, Belgium October 25, 2023. Johanna Geron/Reuters/File

Sheikh Hasina, the ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been found guilty of carrying out crimes against humanity over the violent suppression of student protests that led to the collapse of her government and forced her to flee to India in August last year.

Prosecutors have sought the death penalty over the charges. The court is still in session, with her sentence expected to be delivered shortly.

A panel of three judges from the International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh’s domestic war crimes court, delivered their verdict Monday, ruling that Hasina was responsible for inciting hundreds of extrajudicial killings carried out by law enforcement.

About 1,400 protestors

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