Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina was on Monday (November 17) sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal for "crimes against humanity" committed during the wide-spread protests against her government in July last year.

Hasina, 78, who has been living in India since her government was toppled on August 5 last year, was sentenced by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD). She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.

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The tribunal said that Hasina committed crimes against humanity by her incitement order and also by failing to take preventive and punitive measures. It further stated that Hasina committed one count of crimes against humanity by her order to

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