Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICR-1) over the violence and killings that took place during the July-August 2024 protests.

Hasina and two others, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamaland and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, were tried for crimes against humanity.

The tribunal spared Bangladesh’s former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun from the death penalty after he became a prosecution witness.

Found Guilty On 3 Counts

The ICT found Hasina guilty on three counts of incitement, order killing and failing to prevent atrocities and punitive action against perpetrators, ruled the chief judge of ICT. “Imprisonment till death under charge one,” ruled the judge

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