Overview
- Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman said the International Crimes Tribunal will issue its ruling on November 13 after a nearly five-month trial held in absentia.
- Prosecutors filed five charges, including crimes against humanity and failure to prevent murder, and they asked the court to impose the death penalty if she is convicted.
- The prosecution presented witness accounts and police-verified audio tapes that purportedly capture Hasina directing security forces to use lethal weapons against protesters.
- A United Nations report estimated up to 1,400 people were killed during the July–August 2024 crackdown that followed a student-led uprising.
- Co-accused include former interior minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who is a fugitive, and ex–police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, who is in custody and has pleaded guilty, as the verdict approaches three months before elections expected in February 2026.