Muktadesh Desk: Deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal have been sentenced to death in a case filed against them for crimes against humanity committed during the July uprising. The International Crimes Tribunal has reduced the sentence to 5 years in prison as a lesser sentence since the other accused, former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, was a witness.
Various international media outlets have reported on the verdict. The British media outlet BBC reported that Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death. It is said that the day is historic for Bangladesh. The media outlet is broadcasting the news of Hasina’s verdict live.
In addition, the analytical report says that Sheikh Hasina’s verdict could be an important test in diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and India.
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The Qatar-based media outlet Al Jazeera wrote in its report that the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity for her government’s violent crackdown on student-led protests last year.
The report said that the trial of Sheikh Hasina, 78, as the “mastermind” behind the suppression of mass protests is going on in her absence.
It also said that the court created by Hasina to try rivals is now trying her.
The news agency Reuters headlined, “Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Hasina sentenced to death for torture of students.”
The verdict ended a months-long trial for ordering a deadly crackdown on mass protests.