Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentence d to death in absentia on 17 November 2025, by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal. The tribunal found her guilty of crimes against humanity for her role in a deadly crackdown on student-led protests in July and August 2024, which led to her government’s fall. However, there is significant controversy whether Sheikh Hasina received a fair trial. She and her supporters claim the trial was a “farce,” “rigged,” and politically motivated. Hasina was tried and sentenced to death in absentia because she is living in exile in India and defied court orders to return to Bangladesh.

She said that she would only face her accusers in a “proper tribunal”. Hasina has defied the International Crimes Tribunal’s decision, claiming that th

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