Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death

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A peculiar tribunal sentenced Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to decease connected charges of crimes against humanity involving past year's wide uprising that killed hundreds of radical and ended her 15-year rule.

The tribunal besides sentenced erstwhile Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to decease successful the lawsuit portion a 3rd fishy — a erstwhile constabulary main — was sentenced to 5 years successful situation arsenic helium became a authorities witnesser against Hasina and pleaded guilty.

Hasina and Khan faced the charges of crimes against humanity implicit the sidesplitting of hundreds of radical during a student-led uprising successful July and August of 2024. The United Nations successful a February study said up to 1,400 whitethorn person been killed successful the violence, portion the country's wellness advisor nether the interim authorities said much than 800 radical were killed and astir 14,000 were injured.

The deliberation of the verdict from the tribunal successful the capital, Dhaka, was broadcast unrecorded connected Monday.

The interim authorities beefed up information up of the verdict, with paramilitary borderline guards and constabulary deployed successful Dhaka and galore different parts of the country. CBS News' British spouse web BBC News said information forces had deployed teardrop state amid unrest pursuing the announcement of the sentencing connected the streets of Dhaka connected Monday.

Hasina's Awami League enactment has called for a nationwide shutdown to protestation the verdict. Hasina and Khan, who have been successful exile successful India, were tried successful absentia.

Both Hasina and her enactment person called the tribunal a "kangaroo court" and denounced the assignment of a lawyer by the authorities to correspond her.

The tribunal past week had fixed Monday for delivering the verdict arsenic reports of explosions of crude bombs and arson led to the disruption of classes and proscription crossed the state aft the "lockdown" called for by Hasina's party.

Before the tribunal's ruling Monday, the erstwhile ruling enactment called for the shutdown again, with Hasina successful an audio connection urging her supporters not to beryllium "nervous" astir the verdict.

The verdict came aft section media reported caller explosions of crude bombs successful Dhaka, including 1 successful beforehand of the location of an adviser, equivalent to a Cabinet minister, connected Sunday.

Meanwhile, Dhaka's constabulary main Sheikh Mohammad Sazzat Ali issued a "shoot-on-sight" bid if anyone attempts to torch vehicles oregon hurl crude bombs. The directive came arsenic astir 50 arson attacks, mostly targeting vehicles, and dozens of explosions of crude bombs person been reported nationwide implicit the past week. Two radical were killed successful the arson attacks, section media reported.

Authorities astatine the Supreme Court, successful a missive to service office connected Sunday, requested the deployment of soldiers astir the tribunal premises up of the verdict.

Hasina was ousted connected Aug. 5 past twelvemonth and fled to India. Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus took implicit arsenic the caput of an interim authorities 3 days aft her fall. Yunus vowed to punish Hasina and banned the activities of her Awami League party.

Yunus said his interim authorities would clasp the adjacent elections successful February, and that Hasina's enactment would not get a accidental to contention the race.

Dhaka-based quality rights activistic Shireen Huq, who works with radical injured during the unrest, told the BBC connected Monday that the "harsh punishment" for Hasina would connection small solace for the families of radical killed and maimed during past summer's crackdown connected protesters.

"They volition ne'er beryllium capable to forgive her," she told the BBC, adding that galore people's choler astatine Hasina's governmental enactment besides had "not subsided."

"Neither she nor the enactment has apologized oregon shown immoderate remorse for the killings of hundreds of people," Huq said. "It makes it hard for the enactment to beryllium accepted by a bulk of radical successful this country."

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