Overview
- A special tribunal in Dhaka was due to announce the date for a verdict in Sheikh Hasina’s in‑absentia crimes against humanity case linked to the July 2024 uprising, with prosecutors earlier seeking the death penalty.
- Security forces tightened controls across the capital with checkpoints and restricted access to the tribunal as arson attacks, crude bomb blasts, and torching of buses and a train coach were reported in recent days.
- Schools shifted to online classes and transport was disrupted after the now‑banned Awami League called a nationwide dawn‑to‑dusk lockdown to protest what it labels a politically driven prosecution.
- Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry summoned India’s deputy high commissioner to object to Hasina’s media interviews from Indian soil and requested they be halted, while Indian interlocutors noted the independence of their media.
- International legal actors urged scrutiny of the proceedings, with a UK‑based chambers filing an urgent appeal to the UN, and interim leader Muhammad Yunus scheduled a national address on Thursday.