Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death after the country’s International Crimes Tribunal found her guilty of crimes against humanity for the deadly crackdown on the protests against her government in 2024.

The verdict was the first in a series of four cases related to crimes allegedly committed during her government’s response to the several weeks of widespread student-led protests against the Awami League government in July and August 2024.

Hasina, however, described the tribunal as biased and politically motivated, and denied having ordered firing on protestors.

In its judgement, the tribunal said that the attacks during last year’s protests were “directed against the civilian population” and were “ widespread and systematic ”.

“In the

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