Overview
- The court also sentenced former interior minister Asaduzzaman Khan to death and gave a former police chief turned state witness a five-year term.
- The verdict was broadcast live from inside the courthouse under extensive deployments of army, border guards, and police in the capital and beyond.
- Hasina and Khan are in India and both rejected the decision, with Hasina describing the court as illegitimate under an unelected authority.
- The Awami League announced a nationwide shutdown in protest and denounced the proceedings after a state-appointed lawyer was assigned to represent Hasina.
- The charges relate to the 2024 student crackdown, with UN estimates of up to about 1,400 deaths contrasted with interim health officials citing over 800 dead and roughly 14,000 injured.