A court in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Monday sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death, concluding a trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on anti-government protests last year. This is the harshest punishment against a former Bangladeshi leader in decades and comes just months before parliamentary elections are set to be held. There are now concerns that the verdict could lead to fresh unrest ahead of the polls. But where is Sheikh Hasina now and what has she said on the conviction.

Hasina, 78, had fled to India last year and remains in the country. After the court verdict was pronounced on Monday, she said it revealed "the brazen and murderous intent of extremist figures in an unelected government." She added: "For the record, I wholly deny the accusa

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