Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Redwan Ahmed in from World news | The Guardian on (#71H1R)
Hasina sentenced in absentia by court in Dhaka over deadly crackdown on student-led uprising last year
Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Dhaka for crimes against humanity over a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.
A three-judge bench of the country's international crimes tribunal convicted Hasina of crimes including incitement, orders to kill and inaction to prevent atrocities as she oversaw a crackdown on anti-government protesters last year.
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