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Bangladesh Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Ex–Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Uprising Trial

The tribunal moves to defense arguments after prosecutors portrayed her as the mastermind of a 2024 crackdown that a U.N. report says killed up to 1,400 people.

FILE- Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)
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Bangladesh prosecution seeks death penalty for deposed PM Sheikh Hasina over protest killings

Overview

  • Chief prosecutor Tajul Islam asked the International Crimes Tribunal to impose the death penalty on Sheikh Hasina and on former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan.
  • Hasina and Khan are being tried in absentia after fleeing in August 2024, with both believed to be in India and Hasina previously denouncing the process as a kangaroo court.
  • Former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun is in custody, has pleaded guilty, and turned state witness, with his sentence left to the tribunal.
  • Further proceedings are scheduled for Monday as a state-appointed lawyer for Hasina seeks a week to present defense arguments.
  • The case stems from last year’s student-led unrest, with prosecutors citing a U.N. estimate of up to 1,400 deaths, while the interim government under Muhammad Yunus pursues separate military indictments and prepares for elections in February.