“No one is above law”: Bangladesh Chief Advisor on Sheikh Hasina’s death sentence

Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh, said that “courts of Bangladesh have spoken with clarity” today and the conviction affirms a fundamental prinicple that no one, regardless of power, is “above the law”, statement coming a day after a court in Bangladesh sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for “crimes against humanity”

A statement posted on the social media platform on the Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh said, “DHAKA, Today, the courts of Bangladesh have spoken with a clarity that resonates across the nation and beyond. The conviction and sentencing affirm a fundamental principle: no one, regardless of power, is above the law. This verdict offers vital, if insufficient, justice to the thousands harmed in the uprising of