MBABANE:A Special Tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death after a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year, Aljazeera reported on Monday.
It has been reported that, the International Crimes Tribunal in the capital Dhaka, which tried Hasina(78) and two others for charges related to crimes against humanity, handed down the sentence on Monday.
The United Nations(UN) says up to 1,400 people were killed and thousands injured as Hasina’s Government cracked down on protesters last year in a desperate bid to cling to power.
“The highly anticipated ruling, which was broadcast live on national television, came less than three months before the first elections in the South Asian country of 170 million people since her overthrow and escape to India in August 2024.The United Nations says up to 1,400 people were killed and thousands injured as Hasina’s government cracked down on protesters last year in a desperate bid to cling to power. The highly anticipated ruling, which was broadcast live on national television, came less than three months before the first elections in the South Asian country of 170 million people since her overthrow and escape to India in August 2024”, Aljazeera reported.
The then Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 21, 2017 [Frank Franklin II/AP File]