Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal was the home minister during Hasina's tenure as Prime Minister in 2024. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

A tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced former prime minister Shiekh Hasina to death the on charges of crimes against humanity and also indicted former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on similar charges.

A three-judge panel of the International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh’s domestic war-crimes court, sent out summons to both individuals to stand trial due to their alleged involvement in attempting to violently put down the student-led protests against their administration using armed forces.

The alleged state sponsored violence may have led to the deaths of more than 1,400 people, according to the Unit

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