New Delhi: Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) on Monday convicted deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity for masterminding the violent suppression of last year’s student-led protests that led to the fall of her Awami League government.

The three-member tribunal also found Hasina's two aides, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, guilty over the same charges, noting their joint actions to kill and suppress protesters.

Mamun was present in court, having pleaded guilty in July and testified as a state witness, while Hasina and Kamal were tried in absentia.

Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for the accused, and sentencing has begun with the tribunal indicating maximum punishment due t

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