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Overview
- Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal convicted Hasina in absentia of crimes against humanity and also sentenced former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death.
- New Delhi said it has “taken note” of the ruling and Dhaka’s extradition request but did not indicate whether it will return the ex-leader under the bilateral treaty.
- Security was stepped up around the Dhaka court complex, with reports of a homemade bomb nearby and police sealing off surrounding streets.
- Prosecutors said Hasina ordered lethal force, including helicopters, drones and live fire, during student-led protests that a UN report estimates killed up to about 1,400 people.
- Hasina, exiled in India, rejected the case as politically motivated and can appeal to Bangladesh’s Supreme Court, as the banned Awami League remains excluded from the February vote.