Overview
- Delivering a six-part, 400-page judgment, the International Crimes Tribunal convicted Hasina of crimes against humanity tied to the 2024 student protests, citing orders for helicopter and drone strikes and command responsibility for mass deaths.
- Security forces imposed shoot-on-sight directives in the capital as crude-bomb attacks, arson and street clashes were reported, including confrontations near Dhaka’s Dhanmondi 32 where authorities moved to protect the Mujibur Rahman museum.
- Dhaka requested the immediate extradition of Hasina and ex–home minister Asaduzzaman Khan from India, calling shelter for the convicted pair a hostile act and pointing to obligations under the bilateral 2013 extradition pact.
- Hasina, who has been in India since August 2024, rejected the proceedings as a sham, while analysts and former diplomats publicly criticized the tribunal as politically driven and lacking presented evidence.
- In parallel regional security developments, Baloch Republican Guards claimed a fresh attack targeting Pakistan’s Jaffar Express, and India’s NIA confirmed through DNA that Dr. Umar carried out the Red Fort vehicle-borne IED bombing, with investigations continuing.